Automobiles in German City Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police State

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Officers stated they were contacted by a individual who found a car in Hanau smeared with reddish substance

Roughly 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.

Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.

Police state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.

The liquid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.

Police then discovered numerous other smeared cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.

These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.

Law enforcement state preliminary tests indicate the fluid was most likely blood from a person.

"There is still no indication as to where it came from; authorities are presently not informed of any harm in association with the incident," they added.

Local authorities stated they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for details.

A senior representative said the vandalism made him without words and required to be solved rapidly.

"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he stated on a platform, mentioning the death of nine victims by a gunman aiming at residents of migrant background in February 2020.

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