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Roughly fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.

Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.

Police report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.

The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.

Police then located numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.

These symbols are banned in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.

Officials report preliminary tests indicate the fluid was likely blood from a person.

"There is still no indication as to its source; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they stated.

Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to resolve the case" and have requested to the community for information.

A senior political figure stated the attack made him stunned and had to be resolved promptly.

"This act hits the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on social media, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.