Five Dangerous Prisoners, Including Convicted Political Assassin, Escape Tunisian Jail; Top Intelligence Heads Dismissed

Escaped inmates include Ahmed Malki, convicted for the assassination of two politicians in 2013, and Rayd Touati, a key figure in violent attacks; public urged to help prevent potential terrorist acts.

• Five prisoners, known as dangerous Islamists, have escaped from Mornaguia prison in Tunisia, including Ahmed Malki who is convicted for the assassination of two politicians in 2013. The event has raised serious security concerns in the country.
• Rayd Touati, who security sources have associated with some of the most violent attacks in Tunisia in the past decade, is another escapee and potentially poses a significant threat.
• The Tunisian interior ministry has released photographs of the escapees and is urging the public to provide any information they might have to aid in preventing potential terrorist acts.
• In response to the escape, Tunisia's interior minister dismissed the two heads of intelligence services, highlighting the severity of the security breach.
• This incident adds further strife to Tunisia's political climate which has already been turbulent since President Kais Saied's move to assume near-total power post the overthrow of ruler, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, in 2011.

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