Stockholm: The Swedish public prosecutor's office has officially ended its investigation into the suspected sabotage of a communications cable in the Baltic Sea, determining it was not an intentional act.
According to Ghana News Agency, the prosecutor in charge, Mats Ljungqvist, announced that the damage to the cable connecting Sweden and Latvia was caused by an anchor from a suspect ship. However, he emphasized that the incident was accidental, attributing it to a combination of rough weather, technical defects, and likely poor seamanship. Ljungqvist had previously suggested these factors and has now confirmed the investigation's conclusion as an accident, leading to the formal closure of preliminary investigations into the freighter involved.
Earlier this year, there were multiple reports of undersea cable damage in the Baltic Sea, with suspicions often directed towards ships from the so-called Russian shadow fleet. In one notable incident, serious sabotage using ship anchors was suspected when damage was detected on a data cable between Sweden and Latvia on January 26.
Following this discovery, a ship was detained but released after a week when suspicions of serious sabotage were not substantiated, as stated by Ljungqvist.
