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Around 50 cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.

Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.

Officers state they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.

The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.

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

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

Law enforcement say early analysis indicate the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.

"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; officials are currently not cognizant of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they stated.

Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the public for details.

A high-ranking representative commented the vandalism made him speechless and required to be solved quickly.

"This act affects the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a gunman aiming at individuals of migrant background in five years prior.