The United Arab Emirates foreign ministry announced on Tuesday, 26th of November, 2024 that Turkish authorities assisted in the arrest of the suspects accused of murdering an Israeli rabbi in the UAE.In a statement carried by the state news agency, the ministry thanked Turkish authorities for “their cooperation in arresting the perpetrators”, without providing further details.Emirati authorities have said they arrested three Uzbek men for the suspected murder of Zvi Kogan, a 28-year-old rabbi who had been living in the UAE and was also a Moldovan national.
The three suspects were caught in Istanbul in a secret operation at the weekend by Turkish intelligence and police, acting on a UAE government request, a Turkish security source said.
Turkish intelligence found out which flight the suspects arrived in Istanbul on, and Turkish police caught them after they left the airport, the source added.
Turkey extradited the suspects to the UAE, the source also said.
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