Swedish prosecutor's security unit has taken over Nord Stream probe

Sweden's prosecution authority said on Wednesday that its National Security Unit had taken over the preliminary investigation into damage to gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 in the Baltic Sea.

The unit will handle the probe because "it may be related to a serious crime which, at least partly, may have targeted Swedish national interests" and was possibly carried out by a foreign power, the prosecution authority said in a statement.

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