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Authorities in the UAE have apprehended three people in connection with the death of Israeli Rabbi Zvi Kogan, who was reportedly killed in what Israel describes as an 'antisemitic act of terror.

The US condemned the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the UAE after his body was discovered on Sunday by authorities. The expat had been reported. The from Uzbekistan later on Sunday and on Monday afternoon along with their photos.

Kogan, 28, who worked in the UAE for the Orthodox Jewish group Chabad, which seeks to support Jewish life for thousands of Jewish visitors and residents in the Gulf Arab state, vanished in Dubai, where he ran a kosher grocery store, on Thursday.

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Mossad and authorities in the Gulf country had opened an investigation into Kogan's disappearance believing it may be related to “a terrorist incident.”

The United Arab Emirates says police have arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi.

Rabbi Zvi Kogan’s murder in the United Arab Emirates is a stark, tragic reminder of the incessant, daily, security-related challenges facing Chabad Lubavitch institutions around the world today. This tragedy highlights that need for serious security considerations for Chabad,

Rabbi Zvi Kogan's body was found after police investigated his disappearance in the UAE. Numerous members of Israel’s Knesset expressed feelings of sadness, horror, and anger at the news of Chabad emissary Zvi Kogan’s murder in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday morning.

“The murder of the late Chabad emissary Zvi Kogan in the Emirates is a cowardly and despicable antisemitic act of terror,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on social media after Kogan’s body was discovered. “The State of Israel will not rest nor be silent until those responsible for this criminal act pay for their actions.”

Merkos Chairman Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky called on world leaders to take action on the killing of Rabbi Zvi Kogan of the Emirates; Aguch Chairman Rabbi Avraham Shemtov sent letter of strength to chassidim.