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Approximately fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.

Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.

Officers state they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.

The fluid had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.

Police then discovered numerous other smeared cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.

Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi symbols.

Police report initial examinations show the substance was probably blood from a person.

"Currently there is no indication as to its source; investigators are not yet informed of any harm in relation with the incident," they commented.

City officials said they were trying "to resolve the case" and have requested to the community for tips.

A senior official commented the attack left him without words and required to be resolved rapidly.

"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the murder of nine people by a assailant aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.