A fibre optic cable connecting Finland and Sweden has been cut, leading to internet outages and suspicions of sabotage.

Sweden has formally asked China to co-operate with an investigation into damage to two cables in the Baltic Sea last month. The cables - one linking Sweden to Lithuania and the other between Finland and Germany - were damaged in Swedish territorial waters in the Baltic Sea on 17 and 18 November.

A data cable running across the land border between Sweden and Finland has been damaged, a company providing digital infrastructure and data communication in Northern Europe said Tuesday. Global Connect said the internet cable was damaged in two separate places in southern Finland on Monday,

Another fiber-optic internet cable has broken between Finland and Sweden. The causes of the damage are unknown.This is reported by the Finnish publication

Sweden has sent a formal request to China to cooperate with an investigation into suspected sabotage over the sudden disruption of two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea earlier this month, after tracking data linked a Chinese ship to the incidents.

A terrestrial Internet cable connecting Sweden and Finland was cut in two separate locations. The cut to the Global Connect cable on Monday caused outages, with more than 6,000 private customers and 100 business customers affected. The issue comes after cuts to Baltic Sea cables.

Two data cables running across the land border between Sweden and Finland have been repaired, a day after they were damaged affecting 6,000 private customers and 100 businesses, a company providing digital infrastructure and data communication in Northern Europe said Tuesday.

Swedish Radio reported on Tuesday that a fiber optic cable connecting Finland to Sweden was damaged on Monday along the land section in Finland. The Finnish police suspect sabotage. The Swedish Post and Telecommunications Authority (PTS) spokesperson,