Extremist's escape into mosque raises heat on Reid
A terror suspect wanted for flouting a controversial control order escaped the police by hiding in a mosque, it has emerged.
The British Muslim has since been able to flee the country to Pakistan, where he is believed to be undergoing Jihadi training at a terror camp.
An international manhunt was under way to find the extremist, amid fears he could be a threat to Western targets.
It is yet another hammer blow to the battered reputation of Home Secretary John Reid, still reeling from the scandal over Britons convicted of offences abroad.
Allowing a terror suspect to simply waltz through border controls and flee is also an acute potential embarrassment to Britain's role in the war on terror.
If he is linked to any future offence abroad, the diplomatic fallout could be devastating.
Incredibly, the Briton - who had not even been forced to hand over his passport - is the third control order terror suspect to go on the run.
He vanished a week ago, days after the order was imposed by Mr Reid following security service warnings that he planned to travel abroad for Jihadi training.
The suspect, in his mid-20s, was meant to report regularly to police and had been due to present his passport on his first appearance.
However, he immediately went on the run, hiding from police in a Manchester mosque. A member of the mosque, unaware of his fugitive status, is understood to have then helped him leave the country. [Unaware?!? Haaaaaaaa ! ! ! ! ...ed. A.I.]
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