Swedish police said it was investigating a possible case of sabotage of an underwater telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea and the country’s coastguard sent a boat to the area where various cables at the seabed have been damaged in the last.

The Baltic Sea area is in alert state and the alliance of NATO has reinforced the her presence after a series of cutting energy and telecommunications cables and damage to gas pipelines after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Most of them were caused by merchant ships that dragged their anchor.

Finnish Telecommunications Provider Cinia said today that it found small Damage to the submarine cable of optic fiber C-Lion1 which connects Finland with Germany, however, the functionality of the cable has not been affected.

Swedish police are investigating the issue because it took place in the Swedish financial zone, police spokesman Matthias Ruttegard said.

‘Preliminary research is related to possible sabotage’, said Rutegard. Is the third time In recent months Cinia’s C-Lion1 cable There is damageafter its destruction in November and December.

The Swedish Coast Guard said it was sending a boat to assist the investigation into the event off the island of Gotland.

The Swedish prosecutor’s office announced that has not been involved to research for the cable.

The prime minister Ulphruson He said the government is being informed and that any damage to underwater infrastructure is particularly alarming in the current security situation.