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Cars in Germany's City Found Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Confirm

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Police stated they were alerted by a resident who discovered a automobile in Hanau smeared with red-colored substance

Roughly fifty automobiles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.

Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.

Law enforcement state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.

The liquid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they stated.

Law enforcement then discovered many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.

These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.

Law enforcement state initial examinations indicate the substance was probably human bodily fluid.

"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; investigators are not yet aware of any harm in association with the event," they stated.

City officials said they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the public for tips.

A senior official commented the attack made him without words and had to be solved quickly.

"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on online, recalling the killing of nine victims by a assailant aiming at people of immigrant origin in 2020.

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