STOCKHOLM — STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish authorities are investigating a broken cable that was found within the Baltic Sea, in accordance with Swedish information company TT.
The breakage is the newest in a string of latest incidents of ruptured undersea cables which have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying within the area.
Late final month, authorities found harm to the undersea fiber-optic cable working between the Latvian metropolis of Ventspils and Sweden’s Gotland. A vessel belonging to a Bulgarian delivery firm was seized however later launched after Swedish prosecutors dominated out preliminary suspicions that sabotage precipitated the harm.
The latest break was discovered off the island of Gotland, south of Stockholm, within the Swedish financial zone, TT reported Friday. The cable runs between Germany and Finland.
The Coast Guard is responding to the positioning. The company and prosecutors referred media inquiries to police, which didn’t instantly reply to The Related Press’ request for remark.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson stated on the social media platform X on Friday that the federal government takes all reviews of injury to infrastructure within the Baltic Sea very severely.
Extra particulars weren’t instantly accessible.
