Bomb bus towed away

The number 26 bus targeted by a bomber was today moved from the spot where it was abandoned.

Forensic officers in white suits and masks hitched the double-decker to the back of a tow truck and set off east along Hackney Road at 10.40am.

The rucksack bomb which failed to detonate on the top deck was no longer on the bus, having been removed overnight.

Progress was slow as the tow truck and bus inched through a 30ft high screen erected on scaffolding across Hackney Road.

Police did not say where it was being taken but the number 30 bus which exploded two weeks ago was removed to a forensic laboratory in Kent.