The United Arab Emirates says police have arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi.

DUBAI (Reuters) -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,

Emirati authorities arrested three people over an Israeli rabbi’s death, an incident that threatened gradually improving relations between the Gulf and Israel. Zvi Kogan — who ran a kosher grocery store in Dubai — was confirmed dead on Sunday in what Israel labeled an “ antisemitic act of terror .”