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Sweden Seizes Ship Suspected Of Baltic Sea Cable 'Sabotage'

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina said they were working with Sweden to 'assess the damage and its reason' (Credit: AFP)

Sweden on Sunday said it had seized a ship suspected of having damaged a fibre-optic cable under the Baltic Sea linking the country to Latvia, which sent a warship to investigate the latest apparent act of sabotage.

The latest incident came as nations around the Baltic Sea scramble to bolster their defences after the suspected sabotage of undersea cables in recent months, with some observers blaming Russia.

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