Damaged cables appear to be accident, Finland says

Damaged fibre-optic cables appear to have been cut by mistake, Finland's transport agency says.

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"Both cables appear to have been cut during construction work," Traficom said, adding that the cables had been repaired.

The Swedish government earlier said it suspected an act of "sabotage" on the cable, which links the two countries, but Finnish police said they did not have reason to suspect criminal activity.

Nordic telecoms group GlobalConnect told the BBC at least one of the breaks had been caused by excavation work.

GlobalConnect in Sweden said around 6,000 households in Finland were affected on Monday. The fault did not affect users in Sweden.

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