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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Finland recovers ship’s anchor close to damaged Baltic Sea pipeline

A compression station of the Balticconnector marine gas pipeline in Finland.
A compression station of the Balticconnector marine gas pipeline in Finland. Photograph: Mikko Stig/AP

Finnish investigators have recovered a large ship’s anchor from near the spot where a Baltic Sea gas pipeline was extensively damaged and are seeking to establish whether it came from a Chinese container vessel.

Finland’s central criminal police (KRP) said on Tuesday that the anchor, weighing 6 tonnes and missing one of its prongs, had been lifted from the seabed using a navy crane. Deep drag marks were found on both sides of the fractured pipeline.

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