UAE arrests 3 after Israeli rabbi killed
UAE confirms the murder of Israeli-Moldovan Tzvi Kogan, with three suspects arrested in record time.
UAE and other Arab states condemned the Israel attack on Iran. PHOTO: AFP
DUBAI:
The United Arab Emirates on Sunday confirmed the murder of an Israeli-Moldovan and said three suspects have been arrested.
"The Ministry of Interior announced that the UAE authorities have arrested in record time the three perpetrators involved in the murder" of Tzvi Kogan, a statement carried by the official WAM news agency said.
Earlier, Israel had condemned the murder of a rabbi in the United Arab Emirates, vowing to use all means to deal with his killers.
The body of Tzvi Kogan, who had been missing since Thursday, was found by security services in the Gulf Arab state, the prime minister's office and the foreign ministry said in a joint statement.