Danish navy tails Chinese ship suspected in Baltic cable sabotage
Two Danish navy ships - HDMS Hvidbjørnen and DNK Navy Patrol P525 - follow the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3. The freighter may be connected to the mysterious cable damage on the Baltic Sea floor.
Scandinavian and German media reported on Tuesday that the Chinese cargo ship being followed by the Danish navy may be linked to the disruption of cables on the Baltic Sea floor. The Swedish police have also launched an investigation into possible sabotage.
Finland has also investigated the matter, as one of the damaged cables connects this country to Germany.
Swedes send units to the scene of the incident
The Swedish Armed Forces and Coast Guard have recorded ship movements that coincide in time and space with the disruption of two telecommunications cables on the Baltic Sea floor, declared Sweden's Minister of Civil Defense, Carl-Oscar Bohlin, on Tuesday.
In a statement to TV4, Bohlin confirmed that these findings led to the Swedish police launching an investigation on Tuesday related to the possibility of sabotage in both incidents. The politician did not want to disclose details.
The Swedish navy confirmed that Swedish units have already been sent to the scene of the incidents to examine the sea floor.
The suspect in this case is the Chinese freighter Yi Peng 3. The Danish navy continues to track the Chinese ship. DNK Navy Patrol P525 is currently near the vessel located in the Danish Straits.
In the last two days, two submarine telecommunications cable failures have occurred in the Swedish economic zone, connecting Finland with Germany and Lithuania with Sweden. The causes of the malfunctions are unknown.
