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

Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a statement.

Police say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.

The substance had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.

Officers then found many other smeared cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.

Officials report early analysis show the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.

"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; officials are currently not aware of any harm in association with the event," they added.

Local authorities said they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for tips.

A senior representative stated the incident made him speechless and needed to be solved quickly.

"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a gunman targeting residents of migrant background in February 2020.