Cars in German Town Found Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Confirm

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Authorities reported they were notified by a individual who noticed a vehicle in Hanau covered with red-colored liquid

Approximately fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.

Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.

Police say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.

The fluid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they stated.

Officers then located multiple other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.

Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.

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

"There is still no indication as to its source; officials are currently not aware of any injuries in association with the incident," they stated.

Municipal representatives stated they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the public for tips.

An important representative commented the incident made him speechless and had to be addressed quickly.

"This act affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on online, recalling the death of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at residents of migrant background in February 2020.

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