Swedish probe of Nord Stream leaks points to ‘serious sabotage’

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Swedish probe of Nord Stream leaks points to ‘serious sabotage’Sweden’s domestic security agency says evidence at the site has been seized and ‘will now be examined’.An inspection of two of the leaks at the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia to Europe via the Baltic Sea has reinforced suspicions they were caused by sabotage, Swedish authorities said.The prosecutor did not disclose details, citing the confidentiality of the investigation and saying, “The issue is very sensitive.”Undersea explosions, discovered last week, ruptured Nord Stream 1 and its sister pipeline, Nord Stream 2, in the Baltic Sea at four locations – two off Sweden and two off Denmark.Now that the initial investigation is completed, a blockade around the pipelines off Sweden will be lifted, Ljungqvist said.The governments of Denmark and Sweden previously said they suspected several hundred kilogrammes of explosives were involved in carrying out an act of sabotage."

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