Police in Winterthur are hunting for a group of young men who attacked a 23-year-old man in a park who thought he was meeting a woman on a blind date.
The victim says he was chatting with a woman on snapchat – and they arranged to meet in a park.
The man was waiting on a bench when the group appeared and attacked him with batons and pepper spray.
The reason for the attack is unknown.
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