Finnish cops grill crew of ship suspected of undersea cable sabotage

Finnish police have arrested and are interviewing two crew members from a class A cargo ship sailing from Russia after suspected cable sabotage in the Baltic Sea.

The cable damage happened in Estonia's EEZ, and Finland said today it had set up a joint criminal investigation with Estonia. At the time of the damage, the Estonian Ministry of Justice says, "a vessel was moving from the Estonian EEZ into the Finnish EEZ and was subsequently detained by the Finnish Border Guard." Crucially, it noted that the ship, cargo vessel Fitburg, had its anchor chain in the water at the time of detention. The vessel was sailing from St. Petersburg in Russia to the port of Haifa, Israel ...