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Around fifty vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Police report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located many other marked automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police state initial examinations suggest the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; investigators are currently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking official commented the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.
