I live here. Nothing in the locals since Friday/early Saturday, except for a nine-paragraph story in the alTribunirah (a/k/a Tampa Tribune) which quotes Bedir extensively and makes these two look like poor misguided tourists. "What was the driver thinking?" Probably, "When the local 'diversity' media gets through with this story, I am going to be branded a 'hater'"...
Cultural differences?
Yeah right. In Saudi Arabia, young men just jump on school buses that have young boys and especially girls on them. That would probably get you 50 lashes in SA.
Terrorism dry-run/test for sure. It should be easy to track down their al-qaeda handlers even if they are overseas.