The Israeli victim of a failed kidnapping attempt in Britain on Aug. 24, on Monday recounted the harrowing story.

Itay Kashti, a music producer residing in London, was ambushed by three Muslim men who, posing as representatives of Polydor Records, had lured him to an isolated cottage they had rented in rural Wales, ostensibly for a “music recording camp.”

A taxi picked Kashti up from his London home via a mobile phone registered to an unknown third party. Both the taxi operator and driver Mohammad Amowar were “innocent parties and as much duped as the complainant,” the BBC reported.