Tunisia: Security forces arrest two high profile terrorists

Two joint units of Tunisia’s counter-terrorism forces and the National Guard rounded up Tuesday December 5 in two separate operations two terrorists condemned to 10 years in prison each in absentia for belonging to terror groups, local media “Tunisie Numerique” reports.
A joint patrol of the National Guard and counter-terrorism forces in the city of Kebili, capital of Kebili governorate, succeeded in arresting an individual, on the run and condemned in the past for pertaining to a terror group.
In a separate operation, the forces in the city of Bizerte, capital of Bizerte governorate, also arrested another individual who according to a check is wanted by the judiciary. The individual whose identity has not been revealed, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia for belonging to a terror group too.
Tunisia since 2015 has been under a State of emergency in the wake of a string of terror attacks in 2015 that claimed the lives of dozens of people, mainly foreign tourists.
In November 2023 security forces rounded up, in two separate operations, four terrorists condemned in absentia for pertaining to terror groups. A unit of intelligence services from the National Guard in Monouba and Terouba, two towns near capital Tunis, arrested two men in the first operation. The men had been condemned to one to seven years in prison for belonging to a terror group.
Another unit of the National Guard during a patrol in the city of Sfax and nearby town of Mahres arrested two individuals wanted for terrorism. The two men had been condemned in absentia to four years in prison for belonging to a terror group.