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Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.

Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a statement.

Officers report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.

The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.

Law enforcement then found multiple other marked cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.

Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.

Police state early analysis show the liquid was probably blood from a person.

"There is still no clue as to its origin; authorities are presently not informed of any injuries in association with the event," they added.

Local authorities stated they were working "to solve the case" and have appealed to the public for information.

A senior representative stated the attack left him without words and had to be resolved rapidly.

"This incident affects the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a gunman aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in February 2020.