Vehicles in German Town Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement State

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Police reported they were alerted by a individual who noticed a automobile in Hanau marked with reddish liquid

Around fifty automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.

Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.

Law enforcement state they were notified late on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.

The fluid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.

Law enforcement then found many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.

Law enforcement report preliminary tests show the fluid was probably human blood.

"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; officials are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.

Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the community for tips.

An important representative said the vandalism left him without words and had to be resolved promptly.

"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the killing of nine victims by a shooter focusing on residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.

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