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Dubai: Three suspects arrested in the United Arab Emirates and accused of murdering an Israeli rabbi in the UAE are citizens of Uzbekistan, the UAE Ministry of Interior said on Monday.
The ministry released a statement identifying the three men, two of whom it said were aged 28 and the third 33, and released images showing each of the three men handcuffed.
The investigation by Emirati authorities is continuing, the statement said, without saying whether the men had been charged.
The embassy of Uzbekistan in Abu Dhabi did not immediately respond to an emailed Reuters request for comment.
The body of the rabbi, Zvi Kogan, 28, was discovered on Sunday. He had been reported missing on Thursday and an Israeli official has said it is believed Kogan was last seen in Dubai.
Emirati authorities have not said if they have established a motive. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said it was an "antisemitic terrorist act" and an Israeli official has said it is believed Kogan was targeted because he was Jewish.
The alleged murder has shaken the UAE's Jewish community, which Jewish groups estimate to number in the several thousand.
Kogan was a resident of the UAE and also a Moldovan national, according to local authorities.
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