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Roughly 50 cars have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.

Automobiles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a statement.

Police report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.

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

Law enforcement then discovered numerous other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.

These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.

Law enforcement state early analysis suggest the substance was most likely human blood.

"There is still no indication as to where it came from; authorities are not yet aware of any harm in association with the event," they stated.

Municipal representatives said they were working "to resolve the case" and have requested to the community for details.

A senior official stated the incident made him speechless and required to be addressed rapidly.

"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a shooter targeting individuals of migrant background in February 2020.