31 August 2024, 19:00

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Attention, an inadequate patient-prisoner has escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Cyprus!

Attention, an inadequate patient-prisoner has escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Cyprus!

On Saturday morning, August 31, it became known that a prisoner had escaped from the Athalassa Psychiatric Hospital. 

The fugitive was a 40-year-old man named Tolka Tongel, who was serving a 30-month sentence for burglary and was temporarily undergoing treatment.

According to reports, the escape was recorded at 11 am, but the exact time remains unknown. The prisoner was in the hospital under the guard of prison guards, but for reasons still unknown he managed to escape.

Police are currently actively searching for the escaped man. Authorities are asking anyone with information about this man to urgently contact 22802222 or 1460 or contact the police.

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