Swedish prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected aggravated sabotage after a vessel was detained in the Baltic Sea for allegedly damaging an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland. The Swedish Coast Guard confirmed they were on site near the vessel, identified as the Malta-flagged Vezhen, which had departed from the Russian port of Ust-Luga several days earlier.
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“We are directly on site with the seized ship and are taking measures as decided by the prosecutor,” said Mattias Lindholm, spokesperson for the Coast Guard. The media organization said it was able to operate using other data transmission routes, while it was taking steps to have the cable repaired.
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