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Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.

Vehicles, walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.

Law enforcement state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.

The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.

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

Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.

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

"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; investigators are presently not aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they commented.

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

A senior political figure commented the attack made him speechless and had to be solved promptly.

"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right attack five years ago," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.