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Roughly 50 cars have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.

Vehicles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.

Officers state they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.

The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.

Officers then located many other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.

Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.

Police report preliminary tests indicate the liquid was most likely human blood.

"At present there remains no indication as to its source; officials are not yet informed of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.

City officials said they were working "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the community for tips.

An important political figure commented the incident made him speechless and needed to be solved promptly.

"This act affects the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the death of nine people by a shooter targeting residents of migrant background in 2020.