Summer Camp that ended in tragedy for 14 children: claims of supervisors with alcohol and no emergency training

Russian authorities have confirmed the deaths of 14 victims, all of them children who died whilst taking a boating trip at the Park-Hotel Syamozero summer camp.

It is understood the company hosting the summper camp were not registered and therefore did not recieve a state warning of stormy weather. However, local storm warnings had been issued and questions have now been raised as to the level of professionalism and supervision carried out by management at the summer camp

The children, mainly aged 10 and 11 years, were taken out - as many as 47 - with only four adults supervising. Cricitcism has been voiced that the children may not have been given proper emergency training either.

The bodies of the victims have been flown to Moscow, where they will be identified today.

The summer camp is located on Lake Syamozero, not far from the border with Finland.

Parents had already posted criticisms of the camp and its facilities on social media, claiming children were taken out on hikes during harsh weather conditions and several posts claimed one of the 'instructors' was drunk on duty.

Russian authorities are now investigating the status of all similar companies running summer camps for children as calls for such facilities to be registered.