Sweden has opened a preliminary investigation into suspected aggravated “sabotage” and ordered the detention of a vessel in the Baltic Sea suspected of damaging an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland

RIGA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- An underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea was damaged early on Sunday, the cable's owner, SJSC Latvian State Radio and Television Center (LVRTC), informed.

Earlier this month, NATO began a new mission dubbed "Baltic Sentry" which included frigates, maritime patrol aircraft and a fleet of naval drones to provide "enhanced surveillance and deterrence" in the Baltic Sea which the transatlantic alliance says is to protect undersea cables and pipelines.

The Stockholm prosecutor's office announced on Sunday evening the launch of an investigation into possible sabotage in the Baltic Sea, involving the seizure of a ship suspected of damaging an underwater cable between Sweden and Latvia.

A subsea data cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged early Sunday, sparking a criminal investigation, a third such incident in the Baltic Sea in the past three months.

Swedish prosecutors have launched an investigation into suspected sabotage of a fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and Gotland. Authorities have detained a vessel in the Baltic Sea. The incident has heightened concerns over potential Russian interference in the region,

NATO officials are investigating damage discovered on Sunday to another undersea cable running across the Baltic Sea, this time a telecommunications link between NATO member states Sweden and Latvia.

STOCKHOLM/SOFIA - Bulgarian shipping company Navigation Maritime Bulgares, which owns the Maltese-flagged cargo ship Vezhan, denies that the ship intentionally damaged the cable between Gotland and Latvia, REUTERS reports.

Sweden has opened a preliminary investigation into suspected aggravated “sabotage” and ordered the detention of a vessel in the Baltic Sea suspected of damaging an underwater fiber optic cable connect

RIGA, Latvia (AP ... an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland earlier that day. “Several authorities, including the National Police Operations ...