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Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.

Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.

Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.

The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.

Officers then found many other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.

These symbols are banned in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.

Police report preliminary tests suggest the fluid was most likely human bodily fluid.

"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; officials are not yet aware of any harm in relation with the incident," they added.

Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to solve the case" and have asked to the public for details.

An important political figure commented the incident left him stunned and required to be solved quickly.

"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.