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Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Police state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then found many other smeared automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials say initial examinations indicate the substance was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; authorities are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A senior representative stated the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a shooter focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
