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Last Updated:November 25, 2024, 20:08 IST
Israel denounced the murder of Tzvi Kogan, 28, as an anti-semitic "terrorist attack" after his body was discovered.
Tzvi Kogan's murder in the UAE sparked anger in Israel amid tensions in the Middle East. (Reuters)
A plane carrying the body of Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Tzvi Kogan, who was murdered in the United Arab Emirates, was on its to Israel on Monday, an Israeli rescue and recovery group said.
“At this moment, his coffin has been placed on a flight to Israel," Zaka said in a statement referring to Kogan, 28, who had been based in the UAE as a representative of the Chabad Hasidic movement.
Chabad, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish movement, said Kogan’s funeral will take place at 11 pm (2100 GMT) at the Mount of Olives in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
Three suspects held in the United Arab Emirates over the murder of the Israeli-Moldovan rabbi are from Uzbekistan, authorities in the Gulf state announced Monday, saying they were working to determine their motives.
UAE-based rabbi Tzvi Kogan, 28, was found dead by security services last week, following what Israeli officials and an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group he was affiliated with called an anti-Semitic attack.
Kogan’s death came as a blow to the tiny Jewish and Israeli communities in the Muslim-majority UAE, which prides itself on its safety, stability and religious tolerance.
The three suspects were arrested on Sunday, and after “preliminary investigations" the interior ministry identified them in a statement.
“The authorities revealed the identities of the three perpetrators, all of whom are Uzbek nationals," said the statement published Monday by the official WAM news agency. It named them as Olimboy Tohirovich, 28, Makhmudjon Abdurakhim, 28, and Azizbek Kamilovich, 33.
The ministry said authorities were taking “the necessary actions to uncover the details, circumstances and motives of the crime".
Kogan was in the UAE as a representative of the Chabad Hasidic movement, which is known for its outreach efforts worldwide.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - AFP)Location :Jerusalem, Israel
First Published:November 25, 2024, 20:08 IST
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