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Roughly 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.

Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they stated in a release.

Police report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.

The substance had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they added.

Officers then found many other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.

Officials report preliminary tests show the substance was probably blood from a person.

"Currently there is no indication as to its source; authorities are not yet informed of any injuries in association with the event," they added.

Local authorities said they were working "to resolve the case" and have requested to the residents for details.

A senior political figure stated the incident rendered him speechless and required to be solved promptly.

"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he stated on social media, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.