The Swedish Coast Guard has reportedly found a fourth leak on the Nord Stream pipeline.
Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet quoted the Coast Guard saying it had located the leak after two pipelines running from Russia to Germany were damaged in a total of three places on Monday.
“Two of these four are in Sweden’s exclusive economic zone,” coast guard spokesperson Jenny Larsson told the newspaper.
The two other holes are in the Danish exclusive economic zone.
The suspected acts of sabotage against the gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea were likely premeditated attacks using underwater explosive devices detonated remotely, a British defence source told Sky News.
The source said mines could have been lowered to the seabed on a long line, dropped over the side of a boat or placed next to the Nord Stream pipelines with an underwater drone months or even years ago.
Gas has spewed into the Baltic Sea for three days since the leak was first detected.
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Leaks to Nord Stream pipelines were likely a premeditated attack using explosive devices detonated remotely, says British defence source
Sweden’s national seismology centre previously said stations recorded “powerful subsea blasts” in the area the leaks occurred.
Bjorn Lund, a seismologist with Uppsala University who is part of Sweden’s national seismic network, told the national broadcaster SVT: “There is no doubt that these were explosions.”
