Status: 10/10/2022 5:28 p.m
After the explosions at the Nord Stream gas pipes in the Baltic Sea, the federal prosecutor’s office has now started investigations. It was a “serious violent attack on the energy supply,” according to the reasoning.
In the case of the alleged sabotage and the explosions on the gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2, the federal prosecutor’s office in Karlsruhe has initiated investigations. This was announced by a spokesman for the highest German prosecution authority in Karlsruhe.
There are suspicions of “deliberate causing an explosives explosion” and “anti-constitutional sabotage,” it said. The procedure is directed against unknown persons. The Federal Criminal Police Office and the Federal Police have been commissioned to carry out further investigations, and rapid results are not to be expected.
“Serious violent attack on the energy supply”
“There are sufficient factual indications that the two gas pipelines were deliberately damaged by at least two detonations,” the federal prosecutor continued. The authority is responsible because of the special importance of the case: It is a serious violent attack on the energy supply. This is likely to impair Germany’s external and internal security.
After the explosions at the end of September, severe damage and several underwater leaks were discovered in the two Nord Stream 1 tubes and one Nord Stream 2 tube in the Baltic Sea. According to previous knowledge, at least two detonations had occurred, leading to four leaks. The leaks are near the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm – partly in Danish and partly in Swedish waters.
Immediately afterwards, the EU, NATO and security circles, among others, spoke of sabotage as the cause of the explosions. According to the findings of the Swedish public prosecutor’s office, the suspicion has now been confirmed.
Parts had been confiscated at the scene of the crime and would be examined, it said last week. The German Federal Police and Navy are already investigating.