The president of Moldova “firmly” condemns the murder of Zvi Kogan, calling it an “act full of hate”
MADRID, 25 (EUROPA PRESS)
The authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) stated this Monday that the three detained for their alleged participation in the murder of Moldovan-Israeli rabbi Zvi Kogan in the country are citizens of Uzbekistan, a day after the discovery of the body was confirmed. of the man after his disappearance three days earlier.
The Ministry of the Interior has indicated in a statement published on its account on the social network
Likewise, he stressed that the authorities are “fully committed” to “quickly adopting the necessary measures” to clarify the event, before applauding the “speed” of the security forces in locating and arresting the murder suspects.
The Emirati Interior Ministry had already confirmed on Sunday the arrest of three suspects and highlighted that the creation of a special unit “led to the discovery of the victim’s body, the identification and arrest of the perpetrators and the initiation of the necessary legal procedures.” .
The deceased was an assistant to Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, the religious leader of the Jewish community in the UAE. He also maintained ties with Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, who died in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008.
Israeli media such as the N12 channel previously indicated that Kogan could have been kidnapped by terrorist elements close to Iran, although at the moment there is no official confirmation of any kind in this regard. Furthermore, the Israeli Government called the murder a “despicable anti-Semitic terrorist act.”
The president of Moldova, Maia Sandu, has joined the condemnations, who has lamented the “tragic loss” of Kogan and has “firmly” condemned what she has described as “an act full of hate.” “Hate has no place in our world,” he said.
“Our thoughts are with his family, the Jewish community and all those who are mourning,” Sandu noted through his account on the social network X, where he highlighted that the Moldovan authorities “are in contact” with those of Israel. and UAE to address the incident.
Israel and the UAE established diplomatic relations as a result of what are known as the ‘Abraham Accords’, signed in 2020 under the mediation of the then US president, Donald Trump. In addition, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan signed the first peace agreements since the one signed in 1994 by Jordan, after the one signed in 1979 between Israel and Egypt.