Finland Suspects Chinese Ship's Anchor Damaged Gas Pipeline - The Wall Street Journal

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Finnish Navy divers supported authorities in the investigation of the damaged pipeline in the Baltic Sea, in this undated handout.Photo: Finnish Navy/Reuters

Finland said that a Chinese ship’s anchor had likely caused a

mysterious rupture of an undersea gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea earlier this month that raised concerns about the vulnerability of European infrastructure to sabotage amid mounting tension between Russia and the West.

The damage of the pipeline linking North Atlantic Treaty Organization member states Finland and Estonia, as well as the disruption of two telecommunications cables that happened around the same time, came after months of efforts by governments to beef up security around Europe’s vital energy, information and transportation networks.