Overview

• The restaurant’s managing director and his brother were arrested on July 18 and are held in pre-trial detention.
• On June 26, investigators say the pair sprayed red paint with right-wing extremist symbols and set fire to a prayer rug and chair inside the establishment.
• A passerby extinguished the blaze before it could cause serious damage or injuries.
• The incident first raised fears of a racist extremist attack before authorities concluded it was engineered to defraud insurers.
• Prosecutors have charged the brothers with attempted murder, aggravated arson, false reporting of a crime and insurance fraud.