Missing Briton’s belongings found in Israel desert – police

Israeli police say they have found sheets of paper with prayers in the country’s desert south believed to belong to a British tourist missing since November.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld tells AFP that Oliver McAfee, 29, had been last sighted in northern Israel.

But some of his belongings, including his bicycle, were found in the Negev desert near the southern town of Mitzpe Ramon, which stands at the edge of the world’s largest erosion crater.

Rosenfeld says Christian religious passages belonging to McAfee, who is originally from Northern Ireland but resident in England, were also discovered.

“Pieces of paper, with prayers, etcetera, were found in the desert,” Rosenfeld said, adding they had been placed under stones arranged in circles.

“We know 100 percent that they belong to him, including the bike, including papers that he had written on, his camera.”

Rosenfeld says the missing man’s passport, phone and sleeping bag had not been found.