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Police suspect international saboteurs and have contacted Sweden’s spy service to investigate

The suspected sabotage of two telecommunications masts – key parts of Sweden’s infrastructure – has reignited fears of foreign spies and the readiness of depleted security services in a country on the frontline of growing tensions with Russia.

A 300-metre-high mast in south-western Sweden collapsed on Sunday in what police say was sabotage. Police suspect either a prankster, local extremists or international saboteurs and have contacted the country’s spy service to investigate.

“We are 100% certain the tower has been sabotaged,” police head investigator Jan Johansson told the Aftonbladet newspaper. “It could be something international, that they want to test what happens when taking out a mast like this.”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/18/russia-under-suspicion-after-sabotage-of-swedish-telecom-mast?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Re: Russia under suspicion after sabotage of Swedish telecom mast
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2016, 2245 UTC »
                                              8) What is Russia Not under suspicion for?  ???

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