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Roughly fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.

Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.

Officers say they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.

The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.

Officers then discovered numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

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

Officials state early analysis show the fluid was likely blood from a person.

"There is still no indication as to its source; investigators are presently not aware of any injuries in connection with the incident," they added.

Local authorities stated they were attempting "to solve the case" and have asked to the community for information.

A senior official stated the vandalism left him speechless and needed to be addressed rapidly.

"This event hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist attack in 2020," he stated on social media, referring to the death of nine people by a shooter focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.