Danish navy shadows Chinese ship in Baltic sea sabotage probe
Two Danish navy ships, HDMS Hvidbjoernen and the 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.
The Chinese cargo ship, being followed by the Danish navy, may be linked to the disruption of cables on the Baltic Sea floor, Scandinavian and German media reported on Tuesday. The Swedish police have also launched an investigation into possible sabotage.
Finland has also investigated the matter, as a damaged cable connects Finland with Germany.
Swedes send units to the scene of the incident
Sweden's Minister of Civil Defense, Carl-Oscar Bohlin, declared on Tuesday that the Swedish Armed Forces and Coast Guard recorded ship movements that coincided in time and place with the disruption of two telecommunications cables on the Baltic Sea floor.
In a statement to TV4, Bohlin confirmed that these findings led the Swedish police to launch an investigation on Tuesday related to the possibility of sabotage in both incidents. However, he 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 past 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 remain unknown.
