REUTERS - GETTY Multiple witnesses have been interrogated by the courts in recent weeks

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The men, known only as Adel Z and Mohammed B, were wanted under a police warrant - but a court has today lifted the restriction claiming there was an “absence of an urgent need for action". The pair are likely to walk out of court free men tomorrow amid reports they will be acquitted for the arson attack.

Both had initially been charged with setting fire to a conference hall in Dusseldorf, Germany, in an attack that saw huge hundred-metre high billows of smoke fill the air above the city. German Red Cross employees reported the arson attack took place on June 7 as a result of heightened tensions during Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting that sees Muslims avoid food during the daytime.

REUTERS The attack that saw huge hundred-metre high billows of smoke fill the air above the city

While the centre cancelled ordinary lunchtime meals to the dismay of non-Muslims, a spread of cold food was made available during the day for migrants who were not observing the religious holiday. But it is believed the perpetrators were angry that Nutella and confectionary was being made available during daylight hours. Multiple witnesses have been interrogated by the courts in recent weeks - with prosecutors facing difficulties in organising translators during questioning and writing statements.

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It was triggered by a dispute about food during Ramadan

One witness, an Iranian man in his forties, claimed he had seen Adel Z pouring a bottle of vodka on a mattress and lighting it. However a roommate later provided an alibi for the 27-year-old, revealing he was with the suspect at the time the hall was set ablaze. It was also revealed Mohammed B, who was suspected of being the ring leader of the attack, was also not in the area of the fire at the time.

GETTY The pair are likely to walk out of court free men tomorrow

REUTERS German Red Cross employees reported the arson attack took place on June 7