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Roughly 50 automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.

Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.

Law enforcement say they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.

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

Officers then located many other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.

Law enforcement report early analysis suggest the substance was probably human blood.

"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; authorities are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they commented.

Local authorities stated they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have asked to the public for details.

A senior political figure stated the attack made him speechless and had to be resolved promptly.

"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, referring to the death of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.