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Around 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.

Cars, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.

Officers say they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.

The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.

Police then discovered many other marked cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.

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

Police state initial examinations show the liquid was most likely blood from a person.

"There is still no lead as to its source; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the incident," they added.

Municipal representatives announced they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for details.

An important official said the incident rendered him speechless and had to be addressed quickly.

"This act strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, mentioning the killing of nine people by a assailant focusing on people of immigrant origin in February 2020.