The UAE's interior ministry revealed on Monday that the three men suspected of killing Moldovan-born Israeli rabbi Zvi Kogan are from Uzbekistan.

The Interior Ministry said that "the three perpetrators are of Uzbek nationality: Olimpi Tohirovic (28 years old), Mahmudjun Abdul Rahim (28 years old), and Azizbek Kamilovich (33 years old)."

She added that the competent security authorities have begun conducting initial investigations with the three in preparation for referring them to the Public Prosecution to complete the investigations, without adding further details.

The UAE Ministry of Interior announced yesterday, Sunday, that it had been able "in record time to arrest the perpetrators of the murder of a resident of the country named Zvi Kogan, who holds Moldovan citizenship according to the identification papers with which he entered the UAE."

Israel also announced earlier yesterday that the body of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, who had been missing since Thursday in the United Arab Emirates, had been found.

Yedioth Ahronoth said that "the perpetrators did not act on orders from Iran, although the method of execution is similar to the way Tehran works with what it described as mercenary networks in previous attacks."

The Iranian embassy in the UAE has strongly denied any involvement by Tehran in the incident.

Zvi Kogan is a representative of the Jewish Chabad movement in the Emirates, and holds Moldovan citizenship in addition to Israeli citizenship.

According to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Kogan (28 years old) was officially residing in the Emirates as an assistant to the Chief Rabbi of Abu Dhabi.