Overview

• Police report four incidents since March at Pestalozziplatz, Maxplatz, and two shops in Hof’s Altstadt.
• Victims described the liquid as very unpleasant, while forensic testing found no caustic or health-damaging substances.
• A store camera recorded the perpetrator on August 22, and investigators identified the suspect on August 29.
• Officers seized the suspect’s mobile phone for forensic analysis after indications he recorded some of the acts.
• Prosecutors are investigating dangerous bodily harm and unlawful image recordings, and police urge witnesses or further victims to contact 09281/7040.