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divdiv class=story-body readability=37 span class=story-date#13; span class=date10 November 2013/span#13; span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time03:45 ET/span#13; #13; /span#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1The government is examining the possibility of toughening up restrictions on terror suspects, the BBC understands./p#13; pIt comes after suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed fled from a west London mosque last week disguised in a burka./p#13; pMeasures being considered include specifying which mosques suspects can attend and limiting the amount of time they spend inside./p#13; pMr Mohamed had been subject to the restrictions for nearly two years./p#13; pIt emerged earlier this week he was facing charges over alleged breaches of the terrorism prevention and investigation measures order (TPim) prior to his disappearance./p#13; pMr Mohamed is believed to have close links to al-Shabab, the Somali insurgent group that raided Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall in September, resulting in 67 deaths, but officials said there was not enough evidence to bring a criminal case against him in court./p#13; span class=cross-head'Increase overnight curfews'/span#13; pThe coalition government brought in TPims in 2012 to replace the more restrictive control orders, which had been devised by the previous Labour administration./p#13; pTPims restrict the movements of people thought to pose a risk to the public, but who cannot be tried for reasons of national security and who cannot be deported./p#13; #13; pThe measures include electronic tagging, reporting regularly to the police and facing tightly defined exclusion from particular places and the prevention of travel overseas./p#13; pMr Mohamed disappeared from the An-Noor Masjid and Community Centre in Acton on 1 November after cutting off his electronic tag./p#13; pPrivate security firm G4S - which was responsible for the tag - contacted the Home Office, which alerted police, but Mr Mohamed had fled before they arrived./p#13; pMr Mohamed's restrictive surveillance regime, which included a 21:30 GMT curfew, was due to expire by January./p#13; pThe BBC's Simon Clemison said there was no suggestion that TPims should be replaced, rather that they should be used to their full effect./p#13; pAs well as restricting which mosques suspects could attend and the amount of time they could spend in them, moving suspects from one part of a city to another was said to be under consideration, he said./p#13; pIncreasing the number of times suspects had to report to police stations and extending overnight curfews to the legal maximum length of 10 hours are also being considered, he added. /p#13; pa href=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2496175/Theresa-May-targets-radical-mosques-new-terror-clampdown-seven-suspects-run-despite-strict-control-laws.html?ITO=1490amp;ns_mchannel=rssamp;ns_campai gn=1490The Mail on Sunday reported/a Home Secretary Theresa May was seeking to significantly strengthen conditions placed on suspects./p#13; pLord Carlile of Berriew QC, who was the government's independent reviewer of counter-terrorism law, a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10438291/MI5-warned-six-years-ago-of-terror-escape.htmltold the Sunday Telegraph /athe introduction of TPims had made Mr Mohamed's escape easier./p#13; pUnder the previous control orders he could have been forced to live outside London and restricted to prayers at a mosque away from known associates, Lord Carlile told the newspaper./p#13; pAnd he urged the prime minister to take personal charge to make the restrictions on the suspects stricter./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center