Sweden ends Nord Stream sabotage probe | REUTERS

Sweden dropped its investigation into the explosions in 2022 on Nord Stream pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany, saying it lacked jurisdiction in the case, but handed evidence it uncovered over to German investigators.

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Sweden on Wednesday dropped its investigation into the explosions in 2022 on nordstream pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany saying it lacked jurisdiction in the case its evidence has been handed to German investigators while Denmark also has its own separate inquiry ongoing but if no conclusive evidence is found by either country the

Mystery behind one of the most significant acts of infrastructure sabotage in modern history could remain unsolved the multi-billion dollar nordstream 1 and two pipelines under the Baltic Sea were ruptured by a series of blasts in the Swedish and danish economic zones releasing vast amounts of methane into the air Swedish prosecutors

Said in a statement nothing had emerged to indicate Sweden or Swedish citizens were involved in the attack which took place in international waters Russia and the West have pointed fingers at one another each denying any involvement or responsibility in July Germany told the UN Security Council it

Had found traces of subsea explosives on a sailing yacht that may have been used to transport the explosives and trained divers may have attached the explosives to the pipelines some Western officials claim Russian military vessels were in the area at the time but others say no hard evidence exists a Kremlin spokesperson

On Wednesday said Russia would now watch what Germany would do to investigate the explosions