Overview
- Patrol officers spotted several people inside the New Year's Eve fire-damaged Fachwerkhäuser shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday.
- With support from the Thüringen riot police, four individuals were stopped as they exited the buildings and were provisionally detained.
- Officers found suspected burglary tools during a subsequent search at the scene.
- The suspects are two 35-year-old women and two men aged 40 and 41, all German nationals previously known to police.
- The criminal police were called for evidence collection and the investigations remain open with no charges announced.