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Finnish authorities said Wednesday that they have opened an investigation into the rupture of a communications cable on the Baltic Sea bed linking Finland to Germany. Sweden has already launched an investigation into a similar snapping incident of another communications cable. Authorities in both countries are investigating to see if these incidents are acts of sabotage.
The C-Lion1 cable, which runs between Finland and Germany, was damaged on Monday, a day after a similar cable was damaged under the Baltic Sea between Lithuania and Sweden, near the Swedish islands of Oland and Gotland. The German Defense Minister said on Tuesday that the damage appeared to be the result of sabotage, although there is currently no evidence of this.
Finland's National Bureau of Investigation said it had opened a criminal investigation into the C-Lion1 cable severing, saying it suspected "a criminal act and serious interference with communications systems".
Swedish police have already opened a preliminary investigation on Tuesday into suspected sabotage related to the severing of the two cables and said on Wednesday that "Swedish police and prosecutors are also interested in learning more about a ship that was seen near the area where it happened the incident".
They did not provide any details on the vessel, but said "it is not currently in Swedish waters".
Official investigations followed media reports that a Chinese-flagged vessel, the Yi Peng 3, had been in the area at the time the cables were damaged.
Ship-tracking information from a website that monitors maritime traffic shows the 225-meter-long freighter had stopped Wednesday afternoon off the coast of Denmark in the Baltic Sea.
The Royal Danish Navy did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment from The Associated Press news agency./ VOA
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