Three Uzbek Citizens Arrested in UAE on Suspicion of Killing Rabbi

The body of 28-year-old Zvi Kogan was found on Sunday after a three-day search, Orda.kz reports.

The UAE Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on the arrest of three Uzbekistan citizens on "X."

According to the report, they are suspected of killing Moldovan citizen Zvi Kogan. 

The Ministry of Interior announced that the competent security authorities have begun initial investigations with the three suspects arrested for committing the homicide of Moldovan resident 'Zvi Kogan,' in preparation for referring them to the Public Prosecution for further investigations,
 the statement said.

Meanwhile, the BBC writes that the victim was 28-year-old ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Zvi Kogan.

BBC states that he was a citizen of Moldova and Israel. Kogan had lived in the UAE for the past few years and ran a kosher goods shop in Dubai.

Zvi Kogan's disappearance was reported on November 21. His body was found on November 24.

The UAE Interior Ministry's message included photographs of the arrested men. The post indicates their first names, patronymics, and ages: Olimpi Toirovich (28 years old), Makhmudjon Abdurakhim (28 years old), and Azizbek Kamlovich (33 years old).

The UAE Ministry of Interior has clarified that legal proceedings have been initiated against them.

Original Author: Igor Ulitin