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Approximately 50 automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.

Cars, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.

Officers report they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.

The fluid had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they stated.

Law enforcement then discovered numerous other marked cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.

Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.

Police state initial examinations suggest the liquid was likely human blood.

"Currently there is no clue as to its source; investigators are currently not aware of any injuries in relation with the event," they commented.

Local authorities stated they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for tips.

A high-ranking political figure said the vandalism left him without words and required to be resolved quickly.

"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, recalling the murder of nine people by a shooter aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.