Missing Chabad emissary: Body found, identity confirmed

 

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates announced this morning (Sunday) that thebody has been found in the country and that the identity of the deceased has being verified.

The announcement comes amid the search for Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to Abu Dhabi who went missing last week.

Rabbi Kogan is an aide to Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Duchman, chief rabbi of the UAE. Both men were in Israel until Tuesday, and met with Yossi Shelley, Israel's next ambassador to the UAE.

It is believed that Kogan was attacked by three Uzbeks, who are suspected of having been hired by Iran. The three allegedly followed Kogan from his workplace, the kosher supermarket in Abu Dhabi, and then escaped to Turkey. Kogan's vehicle was found an hour and a half's distance from Dubai.

An Israeli source told Israel's Kan 11 news channel that Kogan was kidnapped by "terrorists."