Denmark confirms 'extensive damage' in Nord Stream pipelines
Source: Al Jazeera
Denmark confirms ‘extensive damage’ in Nord Stream pipelines
A preliminary investigation in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea shows that last month’s leaks were caused by ‘powerful explosions’.
18 Oct 2022
Danish officials have confirmed that there has been “extensive damage” to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea off Denmark and that “powerful explosions” were the cause of the damage last month.
The pipelines of Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, the largest routes for Russian gas to Europe, were ruptured in the Baltic Sea in late September. The four leaks occurred in international waters but within the exclusive economic zones of Denmark and Sweden.
In a statement on Tuesday, Copenhagen Police said they had carried out a number of preliminary investigations of what they called “the crime scenes,” with assistance from Denmark’s Armed Forces and in collaboration with, among others, the Danish security and intelligence agency.
The agency and police have decided to set up a joint investigation group which will handle further investigation of the incidents, the police said, adding it was “not possible to say when the investigation can be expected to be completed”.
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