UAE: The execution of the murderer of the Moldovan citizen, Zavi Kojan, with a terrorist motive – the seventh day

The Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court – the State Security Department – ruled unanimously the opinions of the court, to condemn the accused of kidnapping and killing the Moldovan -Israeli citizen (Zawi Kojan) and by punishing three of them with the death penalty and life imprisonment for the fourth for accusing them of intentionally killing the victim with premeditation and for a terrorist purpose. According to “WAM”.

The Attorney General, Chancellor Hamad Saif Al -Shamsi, had ordered the referral of the four defendants to an urgent trial in January 2025 after the investigations initiated by the State Security Prosecution, through which it was proven that the defendants were monitored and killed, and the evidence submitted by the State Security Prosecution to the court included the detailed confessions of the defendants of murder and kidnapping, as well as reports of criminal evidence, anatomical capacity and tools used in The crime and witnesses of witnesses, as the court unanimously ruled the opinions of its body with the death penalty on the three defendants executing the crime of killing and kidnapping and by punishing their fourth partner, who helped them with life imprisonment and deport the state after the execution of the punishment.

According to the law of the United Arab Emirates, the rulings issued by the death penalty are imposed by cassation by law, and it is referred to the Code of Cassation of the Federal Supreme Court to consider challenging and adjudicating it.

The Public Prosecutor stressed that the ruling embodies the UAE’s steadfast commitment to combating terrorism in accordance with the highest standards of justice and the rule of law and by providing fair trial guarantees, stressing that the UAE judiciary is firmly confronted with any attempts aimed at prejudice to the security and stability of the state.

The Attorney General added that the United Arab Emirates is a global model of coexistence and tolerance, and its laws protect all those who live on its soil from various religions and races, and guarantee their security and stability.

It is noteworthy that the UAE Ministry of Interior announced last November that a report was received from a family of a person of Moldovan nationality called “Zafi Kogan” – an Israeli rabbi, one of the representatives of the Jewish Hibbad movement – stating his absence and interruption of contact with him, and immediately moved the relevant agencies to search for him until he announced the finding of his body days after his absence.

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