Uka, koji je u vrijeme incidenta radio na kratkoročni ugovor u međunarodnom poštanskom centru na frankfurtskom aerodromu, gledao je noć prije zločina video-snimak na kom su navodno prikazani američki vojnici kako siluju jednu muslimansku djevojku u Iraku.
Uka, who was working on a short-term contract at the Frankfurt Airport's international postal centre at the time of the incident, had watched a video the previous night, purporting to show US soldiers raping a Muslim girl in Iraq.