Cars carrying the bodies of high-ranking officers who died in a fire on board a deep-water research submarine on July 1 have arrived at a cemetery in St. Petersburg, where a memorial service and funeral will be held, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday
ST. PETERSBURG (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th July, 2019) cars carrying the bodies of high-ranking officers who died in a fire on board a deep-water research submarine on July 1 have arrived at a cemetery in St. Petersburg, where a memorial service and funeral will be held, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday.
The submariners will be buried at the Serafimovskoye Cemetery near a memorial for sailors who died in the 2000 Kursk submarine tragedy.
Earlier this week, the Russian Defense Ministry said that a fire broke out on Monday on the research submarine designed to conduct studies in the interests of the Russian Navy.
Fourteen submariners died as a result of poisoning with combustion gas. An investigation into the accident has been launched.
