Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec.19 / Trend, A.Taghiyeva /
Turkish police is still searching for 231 prisoners who escaped from prison during the earthquake in the Van province, the Zaman newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Some 335 prisoners escaped from prisons during the earthquake in Van. Some of them were detained and returned to prisons. Some 231 prisoners are still on the run.
An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale jolted Van Province on Oct.23 killing more than 600 people. Later earthquakes measuring 5.1 and 6.1 took place. Over 4000 people were injured and about 2262 buildings destroyed.