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Roughly 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Police say they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located many other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state preliminary tests show the liquid was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; investigators are not yet cognizant of any injuries in relation with the incident," they commented.
City officials said they were working "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A senior political figure said the attack made him stunned and had to be solved quickly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a shooter focusing on residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
