Arid Uka, 21, koji je rođen u etnički podijeljenom gradu Mitrovici na sjevernom Kosovu, ali je odrastao u Njemačkoj, izvinio se porodicama žrtava, rekavši da je bio pod utjecajem internet islamističke propagande pred svoj napad na američki autobus američkih zračnih snaga 2. marta.
Arid Uka, 21, who was born in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo, but grew up in Germany, apologised to the victims' families, saying he had been influenced by online Islamist propaganda before his March 2nd attack on a US Air Force bus.