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Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Police then discovered many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials say initial examinations suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the community for details.
A high-ranking official commented the incident made him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, recalling the murder of nine victims by a shooter targeting people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
