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Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.

Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a statement.

Officers say they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.

The substance had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.

Law enforcement then found multiple other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.

These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.

Officials state initial examinations show the liquid was most likely human blood.

"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; officials are currently not aware of any injuries in connection with the incident," they added.

City officials stated they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have requested to the community for details.

A high-ranking official stated the incident made him speechless and had to be addressed quickly.

"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the death of nine victims by a gunman aiming at individuals of migrant background in five years prior.