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Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.

Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.

Officers report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.

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

Officers then found numerous other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.

These symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.

Police report initial examinations indicate the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.

"There is still no lead as to its source; officials are not yet informed of any harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.

Local authorities said they were trying "to solve the incident" and have requested to the community for tips.

A high-ranking official commented the vandalism made him without words and needed to be solved promptly.

"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in 2020.