Danish navy tracks Chinese vessel amid Baltic cable mystery
Two Danish navy ships, HDMS Hvidbjørnen and DNK Navy Patrol P525, are tracking the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3. The freighter may be connected to the mysterious damage to the Baltic Sea floor cables.
Scandinavian and German media reported on Tuesday that the Chinese cargo ship being monitored 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 begun investigating the matter, as one of the damaged cables connects the country with Germany.
Sweedes 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 Defence, Carl-Oscar Bohlin, on Tuesday.
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. The politician did not wish to disclose details.
The Swedish navy confirmed that Swedish units had already been dispatched 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.
