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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish authorities said Friday they were
investigating a damaged cable that was discovered in the Baltic
Sea, the latest in a string of recent incidents of ruptured
undersea cables that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage
and spying in the region.
The breakage was found on a cable that runs between Germany and
Finland off the island of Gotland, south of Stockholm, in the
Swedish economic zone, TT reported Friday. The Coast Guard was
responding to the site.
“The preliminary investigation into sabotage was opened so that
the police can have access to the tools needed to clarify what
happened,” Swedish police said in a statement. “We are
cooperating with the relevant authorities and have no further
information to share at this time.”
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on the social media platform
X on Friday that the government takes all reports of damage to
infrastructure in the Baltic Sea very seriously.
Late last month, authorities discovered damage to the undersea
fiber-optic cable running between the Latvian city of Ventspils
and Sweden’s Gotland. A vessel belonging to a Bulgarian shipping
company was seized but later released after Swedish prosecutors
ruled out initial suspicions that sabotage caused the damage.
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