Denmark Drops Nord Stream Blast Probe Without Criminal Case
- Decision follows similar move in Sweden earlier this month
- Authorities had concluded ‘deliberate sabotage’ took place
Gas leaks from a damaged Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea in 2022.
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Denmark gave up on an investigation into the explosions that in 2022 ruptured the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines just outside its territorial waters, following a similar decision in neighboring Sweden earlier this month.
Danish authorities concluded there was “deliberate sabotage of the gas pipelines” in September 2022, but found no “sufficient grounds to pursue a criminal case,” the Copenhagen police and the Danish intelligence service said in a joint statement on Monday.