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Swedish police suspect sabotage of a Gotland water pump, risking the island's water supply. The pump is now operational, but no arrests have been made.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police said on Monday they were investigating the suspected sabotage of a water pump on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea after the pump was cut off from power on Sunday.
The water and sewage unit for Gotland's municipality received a fault alarm for a water pump on Sunday at 1830 GMT, police said.
The possible sabotage could have left the entire island without water had it not been discovered, Swedish daily Aftonbladet reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources.
"Technicians went to the site and found that someone had opened an electrical cabinet, pulled out a cable and thereby cut the power to the pump," police said in an emailed statement.
The pump is working again, they said, adding that they had not detained anyone in the case.
(Reporting by Johan Ahlander, Terje Solsvik and Louise Rasmussen, editing by Bernadette Baum)
The main topic is the suspected sabotage of a water pump on Gotland, Sweden, and the subsequent police investigation.
The water pump was cut off from power after someone tampered with the electrical cabinet, risking the island's water supply.
No arrests have been made yet in connection with the suspected sabotage.
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