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Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.

Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a release.

Police say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.

The liquid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they added.

Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.

Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.

Law enforcement say preliminary tests suggest the liquid was probably human blood.

"At present there remains no clue as to its source; authorities are presently not cognizant of any harm in association with the incident," they stated.

Local authorities announced they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the community for information.

A high-ranking official stated the attack made him speechless and required to be solved promptly.

"This event affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack in 2020," he posted on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.