MANY people are now turning to dating apps for hookups and fun purposes.
A 23-year-old man from Soweto, who was looking for love, gave a popular dating app a try, hoping to find his soul mate.
However, things didn't end well for him as he met someone on the app that left him traumatised.
Tsietsi Cetele was beaten, assaulted and robbed of his cellphone in an attempt to go on a date with a man he met on it.
Tsietsi from Emdeni told Daily Sun he was lured through the dating app and agreed to meet the man at the Shell garage in Jabulani.
"On 20 July I got mugged. It was around half past 9 in the morning and the guy asked that we use another route and when I was walking towards the route, I heard two people pointing guns at me," he said.
Tsietsi said the robbers then dragged him to the bush, and when he got there two more people were waiting for him.
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"They beat me up and asked me to open my phone. I refused to give them access to my banking app, and that's when they started beating me," he said.
He said he started screaming out loud till the robbers ran away, fearing attention from the community.
"Using the app landed me in trouble. I wish I had listened to what other people were saying about it. This was a bad experience," said Tsietsi.
In February 2023, police arrested a group of four male suspects who targeted members of the public based on their sexual orientation. The suspects used the sme dating app to lure their victims.
Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi told Daily Sun that a case of robbery with a firearm has been opened for further investigations and no suspect is arrested yet.
"According to the information at hand, the victim met with someone known to him by name and while they were on their way to his house, they were accosted by two unknown men who robbed them of their cellphones at gunpoint and fled the scene," said Nevhuhulwi.
