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Boats with children overturn in storm in Russia, killing 12

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Boats with children overturn in storm in Russia, killing 12

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Moscow - Of 47 children and four adult instructors in the boats, 11 children and one adult drowned.

Published: Sun 19 Jun 2016, 5:09 PM

Updated: Sun 19 Jun 2016, 7:13 PM

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At least 11 children and their adult instructor have died in a storm while boating in a lake in Russia's northwestern region of Karelia.
Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the nation's main state investigative agency, said several boats with children overturned Saturday in a storm in Syamozero, 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of the border with Finland.
The Investigative Committee spokesman said in a televised statement Sunday that of 47 children and four adult instructors in the boats, 11 children and one adult drowned.
He said an instructor has been detained as part of an official probe, suspected of violating safety rules.



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