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Roughly fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Police then discovered multiple other marked vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state preliminary tests indicate the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; authorities are currently not aware of any injuries in relation with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking political figure said the incident left him without words and required to be solved quickly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a gunman targeting individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
