Cars in German Town Found Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Police State

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Officers reported they were contacted by a individual who found a car in Hanau marked with red-colored fluid

Roughly fifty cars have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.

Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.

Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.

The fluid had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they stated.

Law enforcement then found many other marked vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.

Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.

Officials say early analysis show the fluid was probably blood from a person.

"There is still no lead as to its origin; officials are currently not aware of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they added.

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

A senior political figure said the vandalism left him speechless and required to be resolved promptly.

"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a gunman targeting residents of migrant background in five years prior.

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