Three released without charge after fatal arson attack

Three people released without charge after fatal arson attack

Flowers have been placed at the house where four people died following an arson attack in Waterford.

Gardaí (Irish police) have said three people arrested in connection with a suspected arson attack that killed four family members in the Republic of Ireland have been released.

Philip and Kim English, along with two of their children - nine-year-old Jayden and 12-year-old Callum - died after their home in Birch Avenue, on the outskirts of Waterford, was set alight earlier this month.

A man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s had previously been charged in connection with the attack.

On Saturday, gardaí said three people - two women in their 30s and a man in his 50s - who were arrested on Tuesday have been released without charge.

A fourth person, a man in his 20s who was arrested on Thursday, remains in custody.