Germany says 2nd suspect in Nord Stream pipeline sabotage arrested in Croatia

A Ukrainian man was arrested Wednesday in Croatia in relation to undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022, Germany’s federal prosecutor said.

Vladimir Z., whose last name was not given in line with German privacy rules, was arrested in Pula, Croatia, by local police carrying out a European warrant.

“Vladimir Z. is a trained scuba diver who was part of a group of individuals who planted explosives on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines near the [Danish] island of Bornholm in September 2022,” prosecutors said.

He was “strongly suspected of jointly causing explosions, anti-constitutional sabotage and destruction of buildings and structures.”

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