Sweden conducts extra searches and mine sweeps at Nord Stream blast websites

Sweden’s Armed Forces stated Wednesday it had returned to the location of the Nord Stream gasoline pipeline leaks within the Baltic Sea to analyze the blasts additional.

European leaders have described the blasts on the Russian gasoline pipeline as an act of “sabotage" however stopped in need of saying who might be accountable.

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"The Swedish Armed Forces are this week finishing up complementary seabed surveys on the gasoline leaks with minesweepers," the armed forces stated in a tweet Wednesday. "The investigation is finished at our personal initiative and isn't a part of the police investigation."

Swedish prosecutors ended their preliminary crime scene investigation earlier this month. Each Sweden and Denmark, which performed its personal investigation of the blast, have concluded that the 4 leaks had been attributable to explosions.

A navy spokesperson advised Reuters that the work can be accomplished this week.

"That is actually out of nationwide navy curiosity," he stated. "I can not touch upon what we're in search of, why we're there, however we had the necessity to come again to do a further search."