 For instance, on September 23, 2001, the BBC published an article that suggested Mihdhar and others named as hijackers were still at large.The German magazine "Der Spiegel" later investigated the BBC's claims of "living" hijackers and reported they were cases of mistaken identities.In 2002, Saudi Arabian officials stated that the names of the hijackers were correct and that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi Arabian.