Israeli man, 36, rescued by Colombian authorities after he was kidnapped and beaten by three men after his Tinder date ordered him a rideshare
- A 36-year-old Israeli man was rescued after he was kidnapped by three men aboard a fake taxi in Medellín, Colombia, on Friday
- The victim had met a woman on Tinder and took her on a dinner date in the Medellín exclusive neighborhood of El Poblado
- The man was abducted, beaten and robbed by three men aboard a taxi the woman had ordered on a ride share app – which then crashed after a wild chase
An Israeli tourist was rescued by Colombian authorities after he was kidnapped following a Tinder dinner date.
The 36-year-old man, whose identity has not been disclosed, met the woman on Friday after matching with her on the dating platform and agreed to meet at a Medellín restaurant, according to police.
The victim decided to visit another establishment with the woman. As their date ended, she ordered a rideshare.
Once inside the vehicle, the Israeli man was beaten by three men and held against his own will as they sped off, leaving the woman behind.
Colombia authorities arrested three men for the kidnapping of an Israeli tourist in Medellín on Friday. The 36-year-old was abducted after going on a Tinder date with a woman, who was not involved in the incident. The man was mugged and beaten, and rescued after the captors crashed the vehicle during a high-speed police pursuit
Police became suspicious of the driver’s erratic movement as he drove through the nearby town of Sabaneta.
The driver led the police on a high-speed pursuit, ‘performing dangerous zigzag maneuvers’ before crashing in a residential neighborhood.
The Israeli man exited from the back seat and told the cops that he had been kidnapped, mug and beaten.
The suspects, aged 21, 24, 26, were all taken into custody. Police confiscated two guns that were used to carry out the abduction and discovered that the vehicle’s license plates were fake.
Police also seized the license plate of a car that was used in the murder of British tourist Kyle Mackenzie in the Medellín neighborhood of Belén on February 28.
Authorities are investigating if the three men were also involved in the murder of British tourist, Kyle Mackenzie, in the Medellín on February 28 after cops confiscated the license plate of a vehicle that was used by the suspects to flee the attack
Mackenzie was exercising when he was approached by three men and beaten with a gun and was thrown into a ravine.
Residents rushed to his aid after hearing his screams for help in English.
Mackenzie was taken to an urgent care clinic in Belén and then transferred to Medellín General Hospital, where he died six hours after undergoing surgery for injuries to the head and body.
Police data shows that at least 11 tourist were killed in Medellín in 2022. Mackenzie was the first foreign national murdered in the city this year.
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