According to the Swedish police, a probable act of sabotage occurred over the weekend on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, resulting in damage to the water supply infrastructure.
A representative from the security service confirmed that the incident took place on Sunday, as reported by local media.
The head of the island's water and sewage system claims that the water supply system was compromised.
"They tampered with the bronze lid that supplies power to the raw water pumps and sabotaged it to stop the pumps," Susanna Bjerggaard-Pettersson told the newspaper Aftonbladet in an interview.
Gotland is the largest Swedish island located in the Baltic Sea. Last week, an internet cable was severed near the island—one in a series of cable incidents in the region that have raised concerns about potential Russian sabotage and espionage.
At the end of last month, authorities discovered damage to an underwater fiber-optic cable running between the Latvian city of Ventspils and Gotland. A vessel belonging to a Bulgarian shipping company was detained but later released after the prosecutor ruled out the possibility of sabotage.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has raised alarms regarding such incidents, stating on the X platform last week that the government takes all reports of infrastructure damage in the Baltic Sea seriously.
"They must be viewed in the context of the serious security situation that exists," Kristersson remarked.
In January, the country announced its intention to bolster its military presence in the Baltic Sea by deploying three warships and a reconnaissance aircraft.
The warships will be under NATO control and will monitor the Baltic Sea for potential sabotage, according to a government statement.