The United Arab Emirates came three people to death for killing an Israeli rabbi

The rule of the United Arab Emirates on Monday for three people to die for the sake Kidnapping and killing From the Israeli rabbi of Moldovan last November, an issue that raised concerns about the safety of the small and growing Jewish society in the country.

Government News Agency in the United Arab Emirates, WAM, I mentioned The State Security Chamber of the Federal Court of Appeal, Abu Dhabi, decided the death penalty due to “deliberate killing with a terrorist intention” of Rabbi Zafi Kojan.

A fourth person was sentenced to crime assistance – the way the government did not say – in prison, followed by deportation from the country. The defendant is sentenced to life imprisonment, but this usually means release after 20 years or more.

The authorities did not reveal the identities of the two courts, but the UAE Ministry of Interior It was previously identified Three people accused of murder such as Olympic Tuhirovic and Khmesoun Abdul Khamim, both of whom are 28, and Azebik Camelovic, 33, are all from Ozbik. Government media released pictures of them, blindfolded and uprooting in the wrists and ankles, yet Delivery from Türkiye.

“The defendant tracked and killed the victim,” Wal said in his report on Monday. “The evidence submitted by the state’s security claim to the court included the detailed confessions of the defendants for the murders and kidnappings, as well as forensic reports, the results of the examination after the death, and the details of the tools used in crime and witnesses.”

The report did not quote the authorities that provide a motivation to kill Rabbi Kojan, 28, or any other details about how he was kidnapped and later killed.

The rabbi disappeared on November 21 and was last reported in Dubai, which is the most populated population of the seven UAE in the country, according to an Israeli official who spoke to the New York Times at the time. The Israeli media reported that his deserted car was found in the Al -neighborhood, a city in the neighboring emirate of Abu Dhabi, on the border with Amman. His body was found after three days.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office from Israel condemned the killing at that time as a “anti -Semitic terrorist act.”

Rabbi Kojan was a dual citizen in Israel and Moldova I worked in the Emirates As part of the Shabad-Blavic movement, the Hasidik branch of the Orthodox Judaism that is taking place Jewish communication all over the world. It also helped manage the Rimon Kosher supermarket in the wealthy Road neighborhood in Dubai. This month, the supermarket announced that it is moving and will only accept delivery orders at the present time.

The Israeli embassy and consulate in the Emirates did not immediately respond to requests to comment on the sentences.

The rabbi was kidnapped Young Jewish population From the Emirates. The estimates of their number range from hundred to a few thousand. More Israelis and Jews have made the UAE their home since the country officially Fraded links with Israel In Ibrahim 2020 agreements.

The UAE authorities said on Monday that the provisions of the capital “are automatically subject to appeal” to the criminal section of the Federal Supreme Court. The death penalty is rare in the UAE, but executions are carried out immediately after the defendants are exhausted.