The head of the Republic of Karelia Aleksandr Hudilainen said that hasn't confirmed the information about fifteen kids dead after the boat disaster at a lake.
"Thirteen children died, the fourteenth has not been found so far," Hudilainen said, adding that search operations are continuing.
On Saturday, several boats carrying a 51-member group, consisting of children and their adult instructors, capsized in Syamozero lake during a storm. According to the Investigative Committee's data, 14 people died, all of them children.
Earlier, Russian Children's Rights Commissioner Pavel Astakhov said that 15 children had died in the accident.
