A St Catherine man was recently beaten and left naked by irate persons after he went to look for a man he met on the popular social networking website, Facebook.
THE STAR was informed that on Thursday the man went to a Portmore community to visit a man whom he was corresponding with on the website.
Upon his arrival at the location he was identified by several hostile young men who accused him of being a homosexual.
They reportedly set upon him, beating him severely with sticks. In the process he was robbed and stripped of his clothes.
He was rescued by a passing police vehicle that took him naked to the station where the man he had gone to visit took clothing for him.
The police say that an investigation is underway to find those who are responsible for assaulting the man and robbing him in the process.