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Around 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.

Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.

Law enforcement say they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.

The substance had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.

Law enforcement then located multiple other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.

Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.

Police state initial examinations suggest the substance was probably human blood.

"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; officials are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they commented.

City officials announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the public for details.

An important official commented the attack left him stunned and had to be solved rapidly.

"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the right-wing attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, recalling the killing of nine people by a shooter targeting people of migrant background in five years prior.