A joint team of investigators from Germany, Denmark and Sweden has started work to clarify the circumstances of the incidents at the Nord Streams, German Interior Ministry spokesman Maximilian Kahl said at a briefing on Wednesday.
"As you know, the alleged sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines is being investigated, primarily by the Danish and Swedish authorities, because everything happened in their economic zones," he said, noting that Germany is supporting them.
"A joint investigation team has been set up for this, involving the federal police and the German Criminal Investigation Office. They (the group - TASS) are currently investigating," Kahl said. According to him, as soon as any details become known the public will be informed.
On October 9, the TV and radio broadcasting companies WDR and NDR reported that the German Federal Police, with the support of the German Navy, started investigating the sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines. As part of the mission, two German vessels with divers set off in the direction of the Danish island of Bornholm on October 7 to document the damage to the pipes. It was not specified how long they would stay there.
Earlier, the Nord Stream AG company reported that three threads of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 offshore gas pipelines had suffered unprecedented damage on September 26. After that, investigators of Russia’s Federal Security Service initiated a criminal case on an act of international terrorism in connection with the explosions. On October 10, it became known that the German General Prosecutor's Office launched its investigation on premeditated organization of explosions, as well as sabotage.
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