1.   The dead belonged to the group Tehrik-e-Jihad.

2.   The dead belonged to three related families who had tried to hide in the house of one family, the Vesas.

3.   Many refused because they believed the dead belonged to Hindu castes lower than theirs and were therefore unclean.

4.   The epitaphs indicate the dead belonged to the second battalion of the Independent Engineers of the Chinese Army and were from the Hopeh province.

5.   The dead belonged to a known criminal gang, police said.