A file photo showing the Russian Baltic Fleet Corvette Boikiy seen on September 2, 2014.
A file photo showing the Russian Baltic Fleet Corvette Boikiy seen on September 2, 2014.
  • A Russian ship fired on a fishing trawler during a military exercise, killing 3, a source told local media.
  • Official sources said only that the trawler had caught on fire, and that one person was killed.
  • A relative of one victim said Russian secret services told them not to talk about the incident.

A Russian warship on military exercises in the Baltic Sea accidentally fired on a Russian fishing trawler, killing three people, a relative of one of the victims told local media.

On Tuesday, Russian media cited officials as saying that four people were injured and another had died in a fire on board the trawler Kaptain Lobanov.