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Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.

Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.

Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.

The liquid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.

Officers then discovered multiple other smeared cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.

Officials say initial examinations indicate the fluid was probably human bodily fluid.

"There is still no clue as to its origin; authorities are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they added.

Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to resolve the case" and have asked to the public for information.

An important political figure said the vandalism left him stunned and had to be resolved promptly.

"This act affects the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in 2020.