Sweden's Armed Forces said on Wednesday it had begun new inspections in the Baltic Sea at the sites of suspected explosions that ruptured the Nord Stream pipelines last month.
"The Swedish Armed Forces are this week carrying out complementary seabed surveys at the gas leaks with minesweepers," the armed forces said on Twitter. "The investigation is done at our own initiative and is not part of the police investigation."
Military officials did not want to be drawn into what sparked the new probe. "I can't comment on what we are looking for, why we are there; but we had the need to come back to do an additional search," a spokesperson for the military said.
Swedish prosecutors and police earlier this month wrapped up a crime scene investigation with the help of the navy and coast guard.
https://www.dw.com/en/swedens-military-takes-another-look-at-nord-stream-blast-sites/a-63568238
"The Swedish Armed Forces are this week carrying out complementary seabed surveys at the gas leaks with minesweepers," the armed forces said on Twitter. "The investigation is done at our own initiative and is not part of the police investigation."
Military officials did not want to be drawn into what sparked the new probe. "I can't comment on what we are looking for, why we are there; but we had the need to come back to do an additional search," a spokesperson for the military said.
Swedish prosecutors and police earlier this month wrapped up a crime scene investigation with the help of the navy and coast guard.
https://www.dw.com/en/swedens-military-takes-another-look-at-nord-stream-blast-sites/a-63568238
