At about 2.55 a.m. on Wednesday, December 21, police were called to a car park off Haverlands Lane in Worsbrough to report an incident. Two men had agreed to meet another two men at Asda on Upper Sheffield Road via a dating app. They then walked together to the parking lot. At this point, the two victims were threatened with a knife, and the driver was stabbed in the neck. The two criminals fled the scene in the stolen car. The driver suffered minor injuries that did not require stitches and were not life-threatening. Detectives are now asking anyone with information to come forward, as well as anyone who may have seen the car, a grey Peugeot Allure E-HDI, driving through the area starting around 3 a.m. Anyone who was driving in the Worsbrough area at the time and has a dash cam installed in their vehicle is being asked to review the footage to see if the Peugeot was picked up. DC Toni Wain, the officer in charge of the investigation, advises those who use online dating apps to exercise caution when arranging to meet people they don’t know. This was a terrifying ordeal for these two victims,” she said, adding that “this type of violent crime is absolutely not tolerated by South Yorkshire Police. We want to do everything we can to find the perpetrators and bring closure to the victims of this heinous crime.” I’d also like to remind people that, while the vast majority of dating app users are genuine and pose no risk to you, there are those who have criminal intentions. Please take precautions to reduce the risks of meeting someone you met through an app.”
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