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United Arab Emirates: Three Arrested in Connection With Rabbi Murder

United Arab Emirates: Three Arrested in Connection With Rabbi Murder

Above: Rabbi Zvi Kogan celebrates Sukkot on September 20, 2021, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Image copyright: Andrea DiCenzo/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Image

The Facts

  • The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced Sunday that three suspects were arrested in connection with the alleged murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, 28, a Moldovan national with Israeli citizenship who had been working in the UAE.

  • The UAE's Ministry of the Interior said the three suspects are from Uzbekistan: Olimpi Tohirovich, 28, Makhmudjon Abdurrahim, 28, and Azizi Kamilovich, 33.

  • Kogan, who went missing on Thursday, was found dead roughly 1.5 hours from Dubai in the city of Al Ain. He had been working for the Orthodox Jewish organization called Chabad, which brings religious and non-religious Jews together across the world.

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