俄罗斯卡累利阿共和国沉船事故以致14人死亡

俄罗斯西北部卡累利阿共和国境内发生沉船事故，14人死亡，其中多数是孩子，当地紧急事务部周日在声明中说。

RUSSIA -- Fourteen people, mostly children, have died after boats capsized in stormy weather during an outing on a lake in the Republic of Karelia in north-west Russia, the local Emergencies Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

It said it had completed search and rescue operations. There were 51 people, including four adults, on the outing.

A police officer said that two of the three boats capsized in Syamozero lake because of bad weather.

The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, wrote on his Twitter account that 10 children from Moscow had died, according to preliminary information.