Last Thursday, d disappearedan Israeli-Moldavian Rabbi Zvi Kogan.
Now he has been found dead – probably murdered, according to Israel.
On Sunday, the United Arab Emirates announced that three people had been arrested.
The rabbi, who was active in Abu Dhabi, was reported missing on Thursday. According to the Israeli news site Ynet, his car was found in a town 15 miles from his home.
Fairly immediately, Israeli media began reporting that Zvi Kogan was suspected of having been kidnapped or murdered, most likely by Iran. This has been strongly denied by Iran’s embassy in the United Arab Emirates.
Over the weekend, 28-year-old Zvi Kogan was found dead in the United Arab Emirates, according to a statement from Israel’s Foreign Ministry and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.
Run grocery store in Dubai
They still insist that the rabbi was murdered and call it a “heinous act of anti-Semitic terrorism”.
“The State of Israel will act by all means to bring justice to the criminals responsible for his death,” the statement continued.
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder, the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Interior confirmed on Sunday evening. Mossad investigators are working to identify those responsible for the rabbi’s death.
The 28-year-old rabbi worked for the religious movement Chabad, whose purpose is to reach as many Jews as possible with various educational and cultural programs that can promote Jewish well-being.
Zvi Kogan’s work in the United Arab Emirates revolved around “establishing and expanding Jewish life in the Emirates,” according to the organization themselves. In addition, he ran a kosher grocery store in Dubai, writes BBC.