But the passengers who thought they were doing a good deed were unaware that the man they were defending had been sentenced to nine years in jail for his part in a vicious gang rape of a teenage girl - and that another member of his gang later fought for Islamic State in Syria.
Laakiin rakaabkii u maleynayay in ay qabteen ficil wanaagsan waxaay ahaayeen kuwo aan ogeyn in ninkii ay difaacayeen in lagu xukumay sagaal sano oo xabsi ah kaas oo qeyb ka ahaa kufsiga wadareed oo ay ku qadeen gabar da'da yar oo xiligaa jirtey 16 - iyo in qar kale oo ka tirsan kooxdiisi uu saxiibadda la ahaa ay ka dagaalamayaan Dawladda Islaamiga ah ee Suuriya.