According to a report by Fırat News Agency (ANF) today (January 11), identities of the two assailants were announced: Born in 1987 in Maraş, Mustafa Çoban codenamed Zerdeşt Rüstem Erdal and born in 1991 in Ağrı, Enes Yıldırım codenamed Pirdoğan Ararat.
Li gorî daxuyaniya ku di Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê de hatiye weşandin, nasnameyên her du êrişakaran wiha ne: Mustafa Çoban (Zerdeşt Rustem Erdal) 1987/Elbistan-Gurgum û Enes Yildirim (Pîrdogan Ararat) 1991/Patnos-Agirî.