A man in Israel was indicted for abducting a debtor, beating him, and threatening him with a heated rod and fake gun.

A 25-year-old man from Daburiyya, Israel, has been indicted on charges including abduction, extortion, aggravated injury, and false imprisonment after allegedly abducting a man from a pizzeria in Afula over a debt. Prosecutors say the victim was forced into a vehicle, taken to a remote cabin, beaten, and threatened with a heated iron rod and a device resembling a gun. The victim escaped detection by sending a message via a guard’s phone, prompting a police search that led to the arrest of one suspect. The second suspect remains at large. The case, under prosecution in Nazareth District Court, underscores the use of violence in debt collection.