DUBAI: Three suspects arrested within the United Arab Emirates and accused of murdering an Israeli rabbi within the UAE are residents of Uzbekistan, the UAE ministry of inside mentioned on Sunday (Nov 25).
The ministry launched a press release figuring out the three males, two of whom it mentioned have been aged 28 and 38, and launched pictures displaying every of the three males handcuffed.
The investigation by Emirati authorities is ongoing, the assertion mentioned, with out saying whether or not the lads had been charged.
The physique of the rabbi, Zvi Kogan, 28, was found on Sunday. He had been reported lacking on Thursday and an Israeli official has mentioned it’s believed Kogan was final seen in Dubai.
Emirati authorities haven’t mentioned if they’ve established a motive. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has mentioned it was an “antisemitic terrorist act” and an Israeli official has mentioned it’s believed Kogan was focused as a result of he was Jewish.
The alleged homicide has shaken the UAE’s Jewish neighborhood, which Jewish teams estimate to quantity within the a number of thousand