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Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.

Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a statement.

Police say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.

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

Law enforcement then located numerous other smeared vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.

These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.

Officials state preliminary tests indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.

"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are not yet informed of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they commented.

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

A senior political figure stated the attack made him stunned and required to be addressed promptly.

"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing attack in 2020," he posted on online, mentioning the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of immigrant origin in 2020.