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Approximately fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.

Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.

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

The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.

Officers then discovered numerous other smeared vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.

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

Law enforcement say early analysis suggest the fluid was most likely human bodily fluid.

"Currently there is no clue as to its source; authorities are not yet informed of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they commented.

City officials said they were trying "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the residents for details.

An important official stated the vandalism left him without words and needed to be addressed promptly.

"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.