Israeli who faked own kidnapping indicted for incident

An Israeli man who faked his own kidnapping, and his accomplice, were indicted in a Jerusalem court.

Niv Asraf, 22, of Beersheba was indicted on Wednesday in Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court for the stunt in April. His friend, Eran Nagauker, also was indicted.

He is accused of giving false evidence, breach of public order and obstruction of a police officer’s performance of duty.

Israeli security forces were alerted to Asraf’s disappearance on April 2 by Nagaukar. He said Asraf entered the Palestinian village of Beit Anun, near Hebron, to get help after they became stranded with a flat tire.

Nagaukar originally said his friend staged the kidnapping to get the attention of a former girlfriend, but Asraf later said that he ran because he