A refugee camp in Germany was burned down by migrants amid claims they were angry they had not received a wake-up for Ramadan breakfast, it has been reported.
The large fire ripped through the centre – home to 280 refugees – completely levelling the hall in the western German city of Dusseldorf on Tuesday.
Emergency crews treated 25 people for smoke poisoning before police started an arson investigation amid claims a mattress had been sprayed with lighter fluid then torched.
According to the German newspaper Express, two Moroccans living at the centre said Iranian security staff at the facility had ‘deliberately’ not woken those observing Ramadan ahead of their scheduled breakfast time.
The newspaper reports the two men as saying that a plan was then formed to start a fire.
Witnesses reported that there had been recurring tensions between followers of different religions in the Red Cross-run facility.
