The United Arab Emirates on Monday have condemned three people to death for abduction and murder The Israeli Rabbi from Moldava in November, a case that caused concern about the safety of a small but growing Jewish community in the country.
UAE State News Agency, Wam, reported That the Federal Federal Court for the Security of the Appeal in Abu Dabi decided for the death sentence for “intentional murder with the terrorist intention” Rabin Zvi Kojan.
The fourth person was convicted of assisting in a crime – how the government did not say – to a prison sentence, followed by a deportation from the country. The defendant was sentenced to life in prison, but that usually means release after 20 years or more.
Authorities did not reveal the identities of convicted but the Ministry of the Internal Affairs of the UAE previously identified Three people accused of murder as Olimboy Tohirovich and Makhmudjon Abdurakhim, both 28, and Azizbek Kamilovich, 33, all Uzbeki nationals. State media posted their photos, connected on the eyes and shackled for the joints and ankles, after their extradition from Turkey.
“The defendants followed and killed the victim,” Wam said in his report on Monday. “The evidence he presented to the court included a detailed confession of the accused of the crimes of murder and abduction, together with forensic reports, found after a mortem test, details of the instruments used in the crime and testimony of testimony.”
The report did not quote the authorities offering the motive for the murder of Rabin Kojan, 28, or any further detail on how he was abducted and later killed.
The Rabbi disappeared on November 21 and was last reported seen in Dubai, the most populous of the seven emirates of the nation, said the Israeli official who spoke with the New York Times at the time. Israeli news reported that his car was found abandoned in Al Ain, a city in the neighboring Emirate Abu Dabi, on the Oman border. His body was found three days later.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel missed the murder at the time as a “anti -Semitic terrorist act.”
Rabbi Kogan was a double citizen of Israel and Moldova and had Worked in the Emirates As part of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, the Hasid branch of Orthodox Judaism that carries the Jewish reach around the world. He also helped managing the supermarket of Rimon Kosher in the wealthy neighborhood of Dubai Al Wasl Road. This month, the supermarket has announced that it is moving and that it will only accept only order orders.
The Israeli Embassy and Consulate in Emirates did not immediately respond to the requests for commentary on sentences.
Abduction and murder rabbis shouted Small Jewish population Emirata; The estimates of his number range from hundreds to several thousand. More Israelis and Jews have made Emirates their home since Earth established relationships with Israel Abraham at 2020.
Emitrati authorities announced on Monday that capital sentences were “automatically subjected to” the Criminal Division of the Federal Supreme Court. Cases of death sentence are rare in Emirates, but executions are executed immediately after the defendants exhaust their appeals.
