National security investigates Swastika graffiti and death threats in Rheinbach

Rheinbach · Swastikas, SS insignia and death threats have been spray painted on the walls of the newly built refugee home in Keramikerstraße in Rheinbach. National security began investigating on Monday.

Only a few days before the first refugees are due to move into two new residences on Keramikerstraße, the white exterior walls of the empty building were spray painted with swastikas, and SS and Adolf Hitler. Up to 50 asylum seekers are to move into the 24 apartments in the building in the next few days.

The police consider the number combination “187”, which was daubed multiple times on the walls, as a type of death threat. Police in the US state of California use this number code to report on the radio when there has been a murder. The code has entered teenage slang, especially through hip hop music. The code came to prominence in 1997 though the US film “187 – A Deadly Number” with Samuel L. Jackson.

In summer 2015, when the wave of refugees was at its peak, the non-profit housing association for the Rhein-Sieg district (GWG), headquartered in Sankt Augustin, signalled its willingness to construct the two buildings on city-owned land as a social housing project. The city of Rheinbach is the tenant of both buildings.

“I am appalled by these radical right-wing slogans and emblems and xenophobic graffiti,” Rheinbach’s mayor, Stefan Raetz, told the General Anzeiger. Police spokesman Frank Piontek explained that the national security had started its enquiries. Anyone who saw anything is asked to contact Bonn police on 0228/150.

(Original text: Mario Quadt / Translated by Kate Carey)

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