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Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.

Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.

Law enforcement state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.

The liquid had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.

Law enforcement then found multiple other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.

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

Officials state initial examinations indicate the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.

"At present there remains no indication as to its source; officials are presently not informed of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.

Local authorities announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the public for details.

A high-ranking official said the attack left him stunned and required to be solved rapidly.

"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of migrant background in 2020.