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Approximately fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.

Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.

Law enforcement say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.

The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they added.

Police then located numerous other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

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

Officials state preliminary tests indicate the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.

"There is still no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the event," they added.

Local authorities stated they were working "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the community for details.

A high-ranking official stated the attack made him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.

"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the death of nine victims by a assailant focusing on individuals of migrant background in five years prior.