According to the Sabah daily, the three assailants had links to al-Qaeda's Afghani branch, which became known for the train bombing in Madrid in 2004.
Prema pisanju dnevnika Sabah, trojica napadača imali su veze s afganistanskim ogrankom al-Qaede, koji je postao poznat po bombaškom napadu na vlak u Madridu 2004. godine.