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Around fifty automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.

Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a release.

Law enforcement say they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.

The substance had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.

Law enforcement then discovered many other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

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

Police report initial examinations suggest the substance was likely human bodily fluid.

"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; authorities are currently not aware of any injuries in connection with the event," they commented.

Local authorities stated they were trying "to solve the mystery" and have asked to the public for details.

A high-ranking official stated the incident rendered him without words and required to be solved rapidly.

"This act affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he wrote on a platform, referring to the death of nine victims by a shooter aiming at individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.