Bus route 26
 

I'm trying to make sense of the reported chronology:

12:53 Suspect shown on top of bus in CCTV frame
13:06 Suspect reportedly gets off bus in Hackney Road
13:30 Driver reports explosion near junction Hackney/Columbia Roads
en route from Waterloo to Hackney Wick

Timetabled distances (minutes):
Hackney Wick, St Mary's Church 0
Hackney Road, Cambridge Heath end 10
Hackney Road, Columbia Road end 14
Waterloo 30

I can't reconcile the bus's being in Hackney Road at both 13:06 and
13:30 with its direction. It might _just_ be possible if the suspect
got off at the Cambridge Heath end while the bus was travelling
to Hackney Wick, where it turned around with no break. But then it
would be travelling toward Waterloo at the time of the explosion.
A press photo definitely shows Hackney Wick as the destination.

Does anyone have any better _facts_? I suspect the accuracy of
the 13:06 report.

I see also, btw, that there's no mention of when the suspect was
first seen on the bus. Has that been reported anywhere, or was it
kept confidential?
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