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Roughly 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.

Vehicles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a release.

Officers report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.

The fluid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.

Law enforcement then found numerous other vandalized cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.

Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.

Officials state initial examinations suggest the liquid was most likely human blood.

"There is still no indication as to its source; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they added.

Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the community for tips.

An important political figure stated the incident rendered him stunned and required to be addressed quickly.

"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, recalling the death of nine people by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.