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Approximately 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.

Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a official communication.

Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.

The substance had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.

Police then located numerous other marked vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.

These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.

Officials report preliminary tests show the fluid was most likely human blood.

"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; authorities are presently not aware of any physical harm in association with the event," they commented.

Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for information.

An important representative stated the vandalism left him stunned and had to be solved promptly.

"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on online, recalling the death of nine victims by a assailant aiming at people of foreign heritage in five years prior.