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State Security Probes Darmstadt Paint Attacks on AfD Politicians’ Homes

Investigators are assessing a political motive following an anonymous Indymedia claim of responsibility.

Overview

  • Two sites linked to AfD local figures Günter Zabel and Anja Swars were defaced overnight with red paint and the identical slogan, “No forgiveness, no forgetting—Nazis have names and addresses.”
  • Police say the victims reported the damage and narrowed the time window to Monday 19:00 to Tuesday 05:00, noting one house facade and, in the other case, the public approach were targeted.
  • The state security unit has taken over the case to examine a possible political motive, and police recorded criminal damage complaints with no arrests reported.
  • An early-morning post on Indymedia by an anonymous Antifa account published images, claimed the action, and urged further attacks while linking to addresses and methods.
  • The Hessian AfD reports a butyric-acid odor in the paint, says it has camera footage of masked perpetrators, mentions an attempted break-in in one case, and offers €10,000 rewards as damages are estimated in the mid four-digit range per incident.