TUNIS — Tunisian security forces has managed to dismantle a terrorist cell consisting of 10 people in the city of Tozeur, southwest of Tunisia.

The Tunisian Ministry of Interior stated in a statement Friday that the terrorists had already been sentenced to prison terms on terrorism-related charges, and have been brought to justice.

Recently, Tunisia’s President Kais Saied had approved a new government selected by Prime Minister Najla Bouden.

Bouden, who was appointed earlier this month, kept in place several of the interim ministers Saied had already appointed including Sihem Boughdiri as finance minister and Othman Jerandi as foreign minister.

She also named banker Samir Said as economy and planning minister and Taoufik Charfeddine as interior minister. President Kais Saied had suspended parliament and sacked the previous prime minister in July. — Agencies