Oni pripadaju Islamskom džihadskom savezu, grupi iz sjene s korijenima u Uzbekistanu i povezanoj s al-Kaidom, i kaže se da su prošle godine prošli obuku u Pakistanu.
They belonged to the Islamic Jihad Union, a shadowy group rooted in Uzbekistan and linked to al-Qaeda, and are said to have received training at camps in Pakistan last year.