Sweden: Traces of explosives found at Baltic Sea pipelines

A release from Nord Stream 2 is seen on September 28 (Swedish coastguard/AP)

Swedish investigators found traces of explosives at the Baltic Sea site where two natural pipelines were damaged in an act of “gross sabotage”, the prosecutor leading Sweden’s preliminary investigation said.

Mats Ljungqvist of the Swedish Prosecution Authority said investigators carefully documented the area where the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines ruptured in September.