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Vehicles in Germany's Town Discovered Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement Report

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Officers mentioned they were contacted by a man who discovered a automobile in Hanau marked with reddish substance

Around fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by police.

Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.

Law enforcement report they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.

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

Police then discovered numerous other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.

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

Police state preliminary tests show the substance was most likely blood from a person.

"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; officials are presently not aware of any injuries in relation with the incident," they commented.

City officials said they were trying "to solve the incident" and have asked to the residents for information.

A senior representative said the vandalism made him stunned and had to be solved promptly.

"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he stated on online, mentioning the killing of nine people by a assailant aiming at residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.

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Nathaniel Ferrell

Lena Visser is an urban geographer and writer passionate about sustainable city design and public space revitalization.

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