Sweden ends investigation into Nord Stream pipeline blasts

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"The conclusion of the investigation is that Swedish jurisdiction does not apply and that the investigation therefore should be closed," the Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement.

It took one year to determine this?

> "It is not Sweden's task to continue this investigation."

> Ljungqvist said the main task had been to establish whether Sweden or Swedish citizens were involved in the attack, which he said had taken place in international waters.

> "The answer to that question is 'no' and there is nothing in this case that poses any risk to Sweden's security now that we have seen how things stand," he said.

Doesn’t seem crazy to me. When faced with a situation consisting of basically nothing but unknown unknowns, it’s going to take a while to determine whether anything that happened fell within Swedish jurisdiction.

According to radio news, there was information about a ship leaving a Swedish harbor right before the incident, so they probably had to figure out all they could about that and if that would mean it was a matter for Sweden or not. They seem to have handed over what they knew about this to the German investigators who are continuing their own work.

They'll do anything to get into NATO.

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