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Around fifty vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.

Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they announced in a statement.

Officers report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.

The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they added.

Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.

These symbols are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.

Law enforcement report early analysis suggest the substance was most likely blood from a person.

"At present there remains no indication as to its source; authorities are currently not informed of any injuries in relation with the event," they commented.

Municipal representatives said they were working "to solve the case" and have appealed to the residents for details.

A high-ranking political figure said the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be addressed rapidly.

"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.