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Approximately fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.

Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.

Law enforcement report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.

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

Law enforcement then found many other marked vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.

Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi symbols.

Officials report early analysis indicate the substance was probably human blood.

"There is still no clue as to where it came from; investigators are currently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the event," they added.

City officials said they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for information.

A high-ranking representative stated the attack rendered him stunned and needed to be addressed rapidly.

"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right attack in 2020," he posted on online, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman targeting people of immigrant origin in 2020.