Kuwait’s Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday the arrest of three fugitive prisoners who had escaped a correctional facility.
A statement said they were detained following intense security operations by relevant agencies. Two firearms were found in their possession.
Unofficial accounts on social media said the prisoners had escaped at the early hours of dawn days earlier after creating an opening in an interior wall and crawling through the air ventilation vents.
They headed towards an unused surveillance tower where they used improvised rope, made of clothes fabrics, to climb down the outer wall of the facility and make their escape.
One unofficial account said one of the fugitives headed to his family home to change his clothes and access his vehicle before his mother discovered him.
She quickly informed the authorities, which helped facilitate the search and arrest operations.
Kuwaiti authorities have not released any official statements to confirm these reports.
The Interior Ministry stressed that the security agencies will continue to perform their duties firmly to arrest anyone attempting to violate the law and undermine security and general order.
The safety of society is a top priority, it declared, vowing to take legal measures against anyone proven to have been involved in abetting suspects.
