By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-24 23:38:58 | Updated at 2024-11-26 11:31:39
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UAE arrests three suspects in killing of Israeli rabbi
Reuters ^ | November 24, 2024 | Alexander Cornwell
Posted on 11/24/2024 3:26:18 PM PST by mbrfl
DUBAI/JERUSALEM, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Three people have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates in connection with the alleged murder of an Israeli citizen, the Emirati interior ministry said on Sunday.
The ministry statement did not give details on the suspects or say if they had been charged, but said all legal powers would be used "to respond decisively and without leniency to any actions or attempts that threaten societal stability".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office had denounced the killing of the rabbi, Zvi Kogan, 28, as a "heinous antisemitic terrorist act" and said Israel would do everything it could to bring those responsible to justice.
Kogan was a resident of the UAE and also a Moldovan national, according to local authorities. He worked with the New York-based Orthodox Jewish Chabad movement and was first reported missing on Thursday. His body was discovered on Sunday.
The Israeli foreign ministry said all Israeli agencies were involved in the investigation and that it was believed Kogan had last been seen at a Kosher supermarket in Dubai.
Kogan's body was found in the Emirati city of Al Ain, which borders Oman, though it was not clear if he was killed there or elsewhere, former Israeli politician Ayoob Kara told Reuters in Dubai.
Kara, a member of Israel's ruling right-wing Likud party who promotes economic relations between Israel and the Arab world, said there were indications that investigators suspected Iranian involvement.
The Iranian embassy in the UAE said it "categorically rejects the allegations of Iran’s involvement in the murder of this individual".
Israel reissued a recommendation to citizens to avoid non-essential travel to the UAE and said those now there should minimise movement, remain in secure areas and avoid visiting places associated with Israel and Jewish populations.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: israel; rabbi; teorrism; uae
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1 posted on 11/24/2024 3:26:18 PM PST by mbrfl
To: mbrfl
2 posted on 11/24/2024 3:31:15 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
To: mbrfl
One story is that Uzbek nationals acting as Iranian proxies carried out this act and plan others as acts of terrorist jihad.
3 posted on 11/24/2024 3:32:44 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
To: mbrfl
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399704
...The intelligence blog ‘Intelli Times’ says that Iran has established a terrorist affiliate in recent years that relies on Uzbek activists of Shiite-Iranian origin, which may be responsible for the murder, Kan 11 News reported on Sunday.
According to the report, the terrorist affiliate was run by a terrorist from Tajikistan by the name Muhammad Ali Burhanov, who ran Unit 400 of the Iranian Quds Force, a terrorist network that operated on the soil of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan...
4 posted on 11/24/2024 3:36:57 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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