Swedish police said on Friday they were investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, and the country’s coast guard deployed a vessel to the area where multiple seabed cables have been damaged in recent months.

STOCKHOLM — Swedish authorities said Friday they were investigating a damaged cable that was discovered in the Baltic Sea , the latest in a string of recent incidents of ruptured undersea cables that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the region.

In the Baltic Sea, a new probable break in an underwater cable has been discovered. The damage reportedly occurred to an electric cable that runs between Finland and Germany, Yle and Reuters report. Details about electric cable According to Finnish media,