
Second Baltic Sea telecom cable damaged: Sweden
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Stockholm: A Swedish government minister said Tuesday that the country was investigating a damaged telecommunications undersea cable linking Lithuania...
Stockholm: A Swedish government minister said Tuesday that the country was investigating a damaged telecommunications undersea cable linking Lithuania and Sweden, a day after the announcement that a cable linking Finland and Germany was cut in what Berlin considers "sabotage".
Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin told AFP in a written statement that it was "crucial to clarify why we currently have two cables in the Baltic Sea that are not working".
Bohlin added that "relevant Swedish authorities are investigating the events".
The "Arelion" submarine cable between the Swedish island of Gotland and Lithuania has been damaged since Sunday morning, a spokesman for the Lithuanian branch of the operator Telia said Tuesday.
Internet traffic has been redirected to other international links, Audrius Stasiulaitis said.













