A 36-year-old man was the victim of an attack on the night of Friday to Saturday in Cran-Gevrier, near Annecy (Haute-Savoie).
The facts occurred between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., reports
Le Dauphiné Libéré
.
The 30-something thought he had an appointment with a young woman he met on the coco.gg site.
This platform allows you to chat for free and anonymously with strangers on the Internet.
All you have to do is create a nickname and fill in some information, which can therefore be completely invented.
The night of his assault, the victim thought he was meeting the young woman he was chatting with on this site.
But on the spot, the thirties was violently attacked by three young men who were hiding behind this false profile.
They broke his knuckles before stealing his cell phone.
The three suspects have not yet been identified.
The judicial police have opened an investigation.
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Annecy
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Assault