The Tunisian Interior Ministry said today, Tuesday, it had arrested the five escapees convicted on “terrorist” charges who absconded from prison last week.

“Different units of national security, the national guard (police) and the army were able at 5:00 am (0400 GMT) on November 7 to arrest four recently escaped terrorists,” the Ministry said in a statement.

The four were “entrenched on Mount Boukornine,” around 30 kilometers southeast from the capital Tunis, the ministry said.

Another prisoner, 44-year-old Ahmed al-Malki, had been arrested on November 5 “with the help of citizens of the Ettadhamen district,” a densely populated Tunis neighborhood, the ministry said.