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Automobiles in German City Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police State

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Officers stated they were alerted by a individual who noticed a car in Hanau smeared with reddish substance

Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.

Cars, walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.

Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.

The liquid had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they added.

Police then found numerous other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.

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

Law enforcement say early analysis suggest the substance was most likely blood from a person.

"Currently there is no indication as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they commented.

Municipal representatives stated they were working "to resolve the mystery" and have asked to the public for details.

A senior political figure commented the incident rendered him stunned and required to be solved promptly.

"This act affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing attack in 2020," he posted on social media, recalling the death of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at people of immigrant origin in 2020.

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Tammie Figueroa

Lena is a tech journalist with over a decade of experience covering emerging technologies and consumer electronics.

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