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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alex Croft

Germany says sabotage behind cutting of telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea

A cable connecting Germany and Finland was cut - (Getty Images)

The damage of two undersea internet cables in the Baltic sea must be seen as an act of sabotage, German defence minister Boris Pistorius has said.

A pair of fibre-optic communications cables were severed on Sunday and Monday, in an incident which “immediately raises suspicions of intentional damage”, Finland and Germany said in a joint statement.

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