Stockholm urges Chinese ship suspected of sabotage to return to Swedish waters – POLITICO

Sweden asked a Chinese vessel to return to its waters Tuesday while the Nordic country investigates the suspected sabotage of submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea.

A 1,000-kilometer-long cable linking Finland and Germany and another connecting Sweden to Lithuania were severed last week, sparking political alarm in European capitals.

A Chinese-flagged vessel, Yi Peng 3, was on its way from Russia to Egypt and sailed close to the cables around the time they were damaged. Swedish and Finnish authorities have opened investigations into the incident.