Vehicles in German Town Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm

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Officers mentioned they were contacted by a individual who found a automobile in Hanau smeared with red-colored fluid

Around 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.

Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.

Law enforcement report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.

The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.

Police then discovered numerous other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.

Police report preliminary tests indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.

"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; authorities are not yet informed of any injuries in relation with the event," they added.

City officials said they were attempting "to solve the case" and have appealed to the residents for information.

An important political figure commented the attack made him stunned and had to be addressed promptly.

"This event affects the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the killing of nine victims by a assailant aiming at people of immigrant origin in February 2020.

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