RALEIGH , North Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Federal authorities are searching for an eighth alleged member of a North Carolina group that authorities say plotted `` violent jihad '' overseas , prosecutors said Tuesday . Daniel Patrick Boyd , left , and Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan are two of the seven men charged . Robin Zier of the U.S. attorney 's office in Raleigh told CNN that the eighth person , whose name has been redacted from court documents , is a U.S. citizen . She added that U.S. Attorney George Holding had said federal authorities hoped to have the person apprehended soon , and the public should not be worried . The U.S. attorney 's office would not release further details . According to an indictment released Monday , the eighth suspect , described as a North Carolina resident , traveled to Pakistan in October 2008 to `` engage in violent jihad . '' It offered no other information . Seven other men have been arrested on charges of supporting terrorism and conspiracy to commit murder abroad . Officials identified three of the men as U.S. native Daniel Patrick Boyd , 39 , and Boyd 's sons , Dylan Boyd , 22 , also known as `` Mohammed , '' and Zakariya Boyd , 20 . Daniel Boyd had fought against the Soviets in Afghanistan . The four others are : Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan , also a U.S.-born citizen ; Hysen Sherifi , identified as a native of Kosovo who is a legal permanent resident of the United States ; and Hiyad Yaghi and Anes Subasic , both naturalized U.S. citizens . Watch why wife says they were in Mideast '' Officials did not immediately identify the native countries of Yaghi and Subasic . All seven are accused of engaging in weapons training and military tactics in North Carolina , the Justice Department said . Sabrina Boyd , the wife of Daniel Patrick Boyd and the mother of the two younger Boyds , said the charges had not been substantiated . `` We are decent people who care about other human beings , '' Sabrina Boyd said in a statement read on her behalf by Khalilah Sabra . `` I have raised my sons to be good people and we are a good family , '' she said , according to Sabra , the North Carolina director of the Muslim American Society 's Freedom Foundation , a civic and human rights group . Sabrina Boyd said in the statement that her husband had fought against the Soviets in Afghanistan with the `` full backing '' of the U.S. government . Boyd went on to say in an interview with CNN that her family had traveled to the Middle East for peaceful reasons , including praying for a son who had died in a car crash . `` We all had agreed to go the Holy Land and pray for our son , '' Boyd said . `` It would be a positive action and it would help console us and it would be in a place where we felt , Islamically , we could do the most good for our departed beloved . '' According to the indictment , Daniel Boyd and his sons left the United States for Israel in June 2007 to `` engage in violent jihad , but ultimately returned to the United States after failing in their efforts . '' It said Yaghi and Hassan had also traveled to Israel in June 2007 , and that Daniel Boyd had lied to Customs and Border Protection agents at the Atlanta , Georgia , and Raleigh airports about intending to meet the two men in the Jewish state . The indictment also said Daniel Boyd had traveled to Gaza in March 2006 `` to introduce his son to individuals who also believed that violent jihad was a personal obligation on the part of every good Muslim . '' The indictment mentions mentions other trips -- by Yaghi to Jordan in October 2006 ; by Sherifi to Kosovo in July 2008 ; and by the unidentified defendant to Pakistan in October 2008 . All the trips were taken to `` engage in violent jihad , '' the indictment alleges , without providing details . The documents make no reference to a direct threat to individuals or property in the United States , but said the men had practiced military tactics in a North Carolina county that borders Virginia . The defendants , with a substantial cache of weapons , had `` practiced military tactics and use of weapons on private property in Caswell County , North Carolina , in June and July 2009 , '' the indictment said . Daniel Boyd , `` a veteran of terrorist training camps '' had `` conspired with others to recruit and help young men travel overseas in order to kill , '' according to a written statement from the Justice Department 's top counterterrorism official , David Kris . It was unclear whether the seven had hired lawyers , and the federal public defender 's office in Raleigh did not immediately return a phone call . CNN 's Mike Ahlers contributed to this report .