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
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 ,