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Sweden Releases Ship Seized Over Baltic Sea Cable Severance, Rules Out Sabotage

The Maltese-flagged Vezhen cargo ship was found to have accidentally sliced the cable, a Swedish prosecutor said on Monday.
Sweden Releases Ship Seized Over Baltic Sea Cable Severance, Rules Out Sabotage
The cargo ship Vezhen is anchored for examination by Swedish authorities outside Karlskrona, Sweden, on Jan. 27, 2025. Johan Nilsson/Reuters
Guy Birchall
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A Swedish prosecutor said on Feb. 3 that a cargo ship seized last month did rupture an undersea cable in the Baltic Sea but that it was an accident rather than sabotage.

The severing of the subsea cable linking Sweden and Latvia on Jan. 26 followed several similar incidents in recent months and triggered a hunt for vessels suspected of being responsible.

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