Summary

A fiber optic cable connecting Sweden and Finland was damaged on land, affecting 6,000 private customers and 100 businesses.

While Finnish authorities are investigating, Swedish officials suspect sabotage.

This incident follows recent undersea cable damage in the Baltic Sea, where two cables were severed in November, raising similar sabotage concerns.

The Baltic region, home to multiple NATO nations and Russia, has seen heightened tensions since the Nord Stream pipeline explosions in 2022.

Previous cases involved sightings of a China-flagged vessel, but Russia has denied involvement in any incidents.

  • unexposedhazard
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    1 day ago

    We will find out who it was soon enough, but whoever it was, they were definitely human and should be treated as such.

    • guy@piefed.social
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      16 hours ago

      Yes indeed! And the police has deemed this one as a probable result of construction work.

      Not every cable damage is Russia :|