Finland-Estonia gas pipeline leak to be investigated as sabotage

Finland is on high alert as it investigates a new undersea gas pipeline leak, which it has described as a"deliberate” outside attack, as well as maybe an act of sabotage.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said Tuesday that his country and Estonia began their joint investigation into the damage Sunday and are taking the matter “very seriously.” Though investigations into those blasts remain open, NATO members have since stepped up their monitoring efforts of energy infrastructure in the region, seeking to prevent another similar attack.

Henri Vanhanen, a researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, told the Financial Times that the Finnish government’s willingness to suspect sabotage suggests a “strong reason to assume hostile intent.”

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