Sweden seizes evidence at Baltic Sea pipeline leak site

By JAN M. OLSEN
Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s domestic security agency says its preliminary investigation of leaks from two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea “has strengthened the suspicions of serious sabotage” as the cause. The Swedish Security Service said the probe confirmed that “detonations” caused extensive damage to the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines last week. Authorities had said when the leaks off Sweden and Denmark first surfaced that explosions were recorded in the area. In a separate statement Thursday, a Swedish prosecutor said “seizures have been made at the crime scene and these will now be investigated.” He didn’t identify the seized evidence.