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Approximately 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.

Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.

Police report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored fluid.

The liquid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.

Police then found multiple other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.

Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.

Police say early analysis show the liquid was most likely human bodily fluid.

"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; officials are presently not aware of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they added.

Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the public for details.

An important political figure said the incident made him stunned and required to be solved rapidly.

"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.