Four held in Germany after far-right group ‘tried to set up Nazi neighbourhood’

Police officers stand in front of a back entrance of a building they are searching in Eisenach, Germany, on Wednesday April 6 2022 (Martin Wichmann TV/dpa/AP)

German authorities have arrested four alleged members of a far-right group during an investigation into several extremist organisations.

The men, identified only as Leon R, Maximilian A, Eric K and Bastian A in line with local privacy rules, were detained in central Germany, prosecutors said.