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Around fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.

Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.

Police state they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.

The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.

Officers then located numerous other marked cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.

Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of Nazi symbols.

Officials report preliminary tests suggest the fluid was most likely human blood.

"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; authorities are not yet informed of any harm in connection with the event," they stated.

Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the public for details.

An important political figure said the vandalism rendered him speechless and needed to be addressed quickly.

"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he posted on online, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman focusing on residents of immigrant origin in 2020.