Man lured and robbed into the trap via dating platform – diepresse.com
The young robber agreed a meeting with the 49-year-old. At the meeting point, six guys fell over him. The police asks for clues.
The Viennese police are looking for a teenager and his five accomplices. The guy made a meeting with a 49-year-old in February through a dating platform for homosexuals. When the man came to the meeting point at a Catholic Church in favorites, six guys fell over him and robbed him of the wallet and his cell phone. According to the police, the 49-year-old was slightly injured.
The case is reminiscent of the series of hate crime, which was uncovered by the Styrian police authorities. The Viennese investigators therefore also contacted the colleagues in Styria. The case in the federal capital should not be related to the other cases.
Screenshot made by the photo of the perpetrator
The 49-year-old victim reported that on the evening of February 22nd with an 18- to 20-year-old. When he had arrived at the church, six people fell through the man. The sextet beat and entered the 49-year-old, including the young man who was seen on the profile photo of the dating platform. After the attack, the man went home, extinguished his profile and put on a new one. In doing so, he managed to make a screenshot of his « dates ». He went to the police and filed a complaint.
At the order of the Vienna public prosecutor’s office, the Vienna State Police Directorate now published a photo of the alleged perpetrator. Equalical information – also anonymous – will be requested to the Vienna State Criminal Police Office, South branch, on 01/31310/DW 57800. (APA)
