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| At least 13 children and one adult have drowned after three tourist vessels from a summer camp were caught in a storm on a lake in Karelia, northwest Russia. All the children appear to be from Moscow. | At least 13 children and one adult have drowned after three tourist vessels from a summer camp were caught in a storm on a lake in Karelia, northwest Russia. All the children appear to be from Moscow. |
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| The casualty figures were reported by the Investigative Committee probing the incident. Investigators say there were 47 children and four adults on board the vessels: two boats and one raft. All of them were from the Park-Hotel Syamozero summer camp located on Lake Syamozero, not far from the border with Finland. | The casualty figures were reported by the Investigative Committee probing the incident. Investigators say there were 47 children and four adults on board the vessels: two boats and one raft. All of them were from the Park-Hotel Syamozero summer camp located on Lake Syamozero, not far from the border with Finland. |
| A total of 37 people from the three boats survived the incident, according to the Emergencies Ministry. | A total of 37 people from the three boats survived the incident, according to the Emergencies Ministry. |
| The drowned children are from Moscow, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin confirmed on Twitter, expressing condolences to their families and friends. | The drowned children are from Moscow, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin confirmed on Twitter, expressing condolences to their families and friends. |
| Moscow authorities have sent rescuers, doctors, psychologists and social workers to the scene. | Moscow authorities have sent rescuers, doctors, psychologists and social workers to the scene. |
| The kids, who died in the boat disaster, were between 9 and 11 years of age, Aleksey Gavrilov, deputy head of the Committee on Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs at Karelia’s Legislative Assembly told RT. | The kids, who died in the boat disaster, were between 9 and 11 years of age, Aleksey Gavrilov, deputy head of the Committee on Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs at Karelia’s Legislative Assembly told RT. |
| One of the instructors who organized the boat trip in Karelia has been detained, Vladimir Markin, Investigative Committee spokesman, said in a statement. | One of the instructors who organized the boat trip in Karelia has been detained, Vladimir Markin, Investigative Committee spokesman, said in a statement. |
| “Within the framework of a criminal investigation, a legal assessment will be given to the actions of the staff of the children's camp and other responsible parties, which send the children boating in bad weather,” he said. | “Within the framework of a criminal investigation, a legal assessment will be given to the actions of the staff of the children's camp and other responsible parties, which send the children boating in bad weather,” he said. |
| Those children who died in the incident “apparently had no life vests” and those who “were with life vests managed to survive,” children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov told RIA. | Those children who died in the incident “apparently had no life vests” and those who “were with life vests managed to survive,” children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov told RIA. |
| “Now we are trying to figure out who gave permission for the journey, if all were provided with the life vests,” Astakhov added. | “Now we are trying to figure out who gave permission for the journey, if all were provided with the life vests,” Astakhov added. |
| Russia hadn’t seen such a mass casualty incident in a summer children’s camp for several years, according to the omdudsman. “It is necessary to declare mourning in Karelia and Moscow,” he said. Karelia will hold a day of mourning on June 20, authorities said. | Russia hadn’t seen such a mass casualty incident in a summer children’s camp for several years, according to the omdudsman. “It is necessary to declare mourning in Karelia and Moscow,” he said. Karelia will hold a day of mourning on June 20, authorities said. |
| Tatiana, a local resident, told RT that the boat trip was a bad idea because of the weather conditions. | Tatiana, a local resident, told RT that the boat trip was a bad idea because of the weather conditions. |
| “The wind was mad yesterday. It’s a crime to let children for a voyage on the lake,” she said, adding that the camp was not a place she would recommend people to send their children to. According to her, instructors at the camp were regularly drunk. She also mentioned that not long ago a security officer was killed on the camp’s premises. | “The wind was mad yesterday. It’s a crime to let children for a voyage on the lake,” she said, adding that the camp was not a place she would recommend people to send their children to. According to her, instructors at the camp were regularly drunk. She also mentioned that not long ago a security officer was killed on the camp’s premises. |
| A mother who once sent her son to the same camp told RT that her child got gangrene during his stay in the camp. The boy had a splinter and doctors at the camp weren’t able to remove it, she said. | A mother who once sent her son to the same camp told RT that her child got gangrene during his stay in the camp. The boy had a splinter and doctors at the camp weren’t able to remove it, she said. |
| She said there were other incidents of negligence, such as when the camp instructors left a child at a nearby station and his parent had to take him back home from there, not from the camp. | She said there were other incidents of negligence, such as when the camp instructors left a child at a nearby station and his parent had to take him back home from there, not from the camp. |
| “There was no control in the camp. Drunk camp workers once broke a boy’s leg,” she said. | “There was no control in the camp. Drunk camp workers once broke a boy’s leg,” she said. |
| The incident was a “shock” for locals, Vita, from the tourist complex Qudaamah, where the rescued children were brought, told RT, adding that the surviving children are at the nearby base. | The incident was a “shock” for locals, Vita, from the tourist complex Qudaamah, where the rescued children were brought, told RT, adding that the surviving children are at the nearby base. |