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Around 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Police state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then located multiple other smeared cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say early analysis show the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; officials are not yet informed of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A high-ranking representative stated the incident rendered him stunned and required to be resolved promptly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right attack in 2020," he stated on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine people by a assailant targeting people of foreign heritage in 2020.
