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Vehicles in Germany's City Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm

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Authorities reported they were alerted by a individual who found a automobile in Hanau marked with red-colored liquid

Roughly 50 automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.

Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.

Law enforcement state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.

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

Officers then located numerous other marked vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.

These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.

Law enforcement say early analysis show the liquid was most likely human blood.

"There is still no clue as to its origin; investigators are not yet informed of any harm in connection with the event," they commented.

City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.

A senior political figure stated the attack made him stunned and needed to be resolved rapidly.

"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he wrote on a platform, recalling the murder of nine people by a assailant targeting individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.

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