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Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.

Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.

Law enforcement report they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.

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

Law enforcement then located multiple other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.

These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.

Officials report initial examinations indicate the fluid was probably blood from a person.

"There is still no indication as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they added.

Local authorities announced they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the residents for information.

A senior official stated the vandalism rendered him stunned and had to be addressed promptly.

"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on social media, referring to the death of nine victims by a shooter focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.