The student was found bound and unconscious after a rescue operation by police and private security companies.
A student was kidnapped for ransom in Johannesburg after he was lured into a trap by someone he met on the dating app Grindr.
A multi-disciplinary police team joined by several security companies followed up on information that led them to an ATM on the M2 where the suspects were going to withdraw the ransom money.
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