In message m, Roland
Perry writes

So why plan on the last bomb going off an hour after the first? The
area would be cleared of people long before that. And why pick a bus
that was heading in exactly the opposite direction?

The No.30 bus was running from Marble Arch to Hackney Wick (not the
other way round, as initially reported).

It would therefore normally have gone directly from Euston to King's
Cross. However, the police were directing all eastbound traffic away
from King's Cross - hence the reason why the bus ended up at Tavistock
Square.

It has been suggested that the increasing agitation of the suspected
bomber (reported by several people) was because either he knew the
device was about to explode when he was nowhere near the target he
intended (i.e. the rescue operation at KX).

--
Paul Terry