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Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.

Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.

Law enforcement state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.

The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.

Law enforcement then found multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.

Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.

Law enforcement state preliminary tests suggest the substance was probably human blood.

"Currently there is no clue as to its source; authorities are currently not aware of any harm in association with the incident," they added.

City officials said they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the public for details.

An important representative said the incident left him speechless and had to be resolved quickly.

"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at people of foreign heritage in 2020.