Police have declared a hunt for four inmates that escaped from a psychiatric hospital near Baku more than a week ago.

Three of the inmates are also convicted criminals.

Tural Abbasov, 23, Elvin Nasrullayev, 23, Razim Haciyev, 29, and Yusif Maharramov escaped from the Mashtaga mental hospital, near Baku, on November 15, threatening guards with a metal stick, police said.

ANN.Az