One of two convicted Islamists has been arrested days after he fled Joweideh prison in Jordan, a police spokesman said in Amman Saturday.

Captain Bashir Dejah said Moath Khaled Breizat, 20, sentenced to 20 years with hard labor in September, was arrested a few days after he escaped from prison along with Iraqi fugitive Saad Fakhri Noaimi, 40, who had been convicted for life in a different terrorism-related case in April.

Breizat had been convicted - along with two other Jordanians - for plotting to target US trainers at an international police academy, designed to train Iraqi recruits east of Amman.

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The Iraqi man was convicted - along with two of his compatriots, a Saudi and a Libyan - for plotting to blow up Jordan's international Queen Alia airport back in 2005.

According to the penal code, Breizat will face a second trial for running away and could receive up to half the original sentence again.

Breizat was arrested on the Zarka-Mafraq highway that leads to the
Iraqi border.