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Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Police report they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then located multiple other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations suggest the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its source; authorities are not yet aware of any injuries in relation with the incident," they stated.
City officials said they were trying "to solve the case" and have requested to the public for details.
A high-ranking political figure commented the attack left him stunned and required to be addressed quickly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist attack in 2020," he stated on online, referring to the killing of nine people by a shooter aiming at individuals of migrant background in five years prior.
