Two suspects have been arrested in connection with this case which occurred near Lyon.

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E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes

A real trap.

This Wednesday, two suspects were arrested at their home as part of an investigation opened in January after the scam and assault on two men in January in Saint-Priest, near Lyon, learns

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this Thursday with the police.

On January 8, the victims went to a date concluded after several exchanges with a man on a dating site.

But as soon as they arrived in rue Louis-Braille, they realized that they had just fallen into an ambush.

Welcomed by two men, armed with a knife and a cutter, the victims had to give their attacker the money they had with them, namely 30 euros.

Then, while a first suspect kept one of the men in place, his friend was accompanied by the second criminal to his home to recover his credit card.

He was then forced to withdraw 400 euros from a distributor and his bank card was used to buy telephone recharges, specifies the urban security of the Rhône.

Slapped and filmed

Beyond the extortion of money, one of the victims was also assaulted.

One of the suspects slapped her in the face and forced her to make homophobic comments while filming the scene on her phone.

Once their pockets were full, the attackers fled, taking with them the cellphones of the two men who fell into their trap.

The investigations carried out after the complaint lodged by the victims in January allowed investigators to trace back to one of the suspects, betrayed by the purchase of telephone recharges.

During searches carried out at their home on Wednesday, the police discovered 102 grams of cannabis, 410 euros in cash, a scale and packaging bags.

The two men, placed in police custody, denied the facts.

They must be presented this Thursday to the Lyon prosecutor's office in order to be tried in immediate appearance, adds the police.

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