Bulgaria seeks suspects in Germany after Starlink sabotage
0 / 17
English
中文
A Bulgarian court has issued arrest warrants for two young German nationals suspected of setting fire to Starlink antennas. The case is reminiscent of another in Poland, which Warsaw says was orchestrated by Russia.
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
Bulgaria on Monday issued European arrest warrants against two 19-year-old German nationals, saying it suspected their involvement in the sabotage of a series of Starlink antennas near the capital Sofia.
（暂无翻译）
"The evidence gathered makes it possible to conclude that there are reasonable grounds to suspect the involvement of the two defendants," the court in Sofia rules, granting a request from prosecutors.
（暂无翻译）
Ukraine's military uses Starlink's military-grade satellite internet service Starshield for battlefield communications amid Russia's invasion.
（暂无翻译）
Bulgaria does not directly border Ukraine, but it is on the Black Sea, one of the flashpoints of the conflict. A similar case in Poland, which does directly border Ukraine, led to a total of four arrests last week, also in Germany.
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
The two teenage suspects are accused of deliberately setting fire to the antennas on the evening of October 9.
（暂无翻译）
Of 18 in a mountainous region south of Sofia, three were destroyed entirely, two were partially burned and three more were damaged, according to prosecutors.
（暂无翻译）
Prosecutors say the suspects entered from Serbia in a car with German license plates, claiming to be tourists, staying just a few hours around the time of the alleged crime.
（暂无翻译）
Plamen Tonchev, the head of Bulgaria's domestic intelligence agency DANS, said he was working on the assumption that it was deliberate sabotage and said other such acts could not be ruled out in future.
（暂无翻译）
News of the arrests follow just a week after a total of four people were arrested in Germany, accused of sabotaging a Starlink satellite communications station in central Poland in late September.
（暂无翻译）
German police detained three resident men and a woman, two of them Turkish nationals, early last week.
（暂无翻译）
Polish officials said they believed that Russia was behind the sabotage attempt, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk calling it an act of "hybrid warfare."
（暂无翻译）
The domestic intelligence agency also claimed that Russia had cooperated with organized crime elements in Germany on the alleged operation.
（暂无翻译）
Meanwhile, in the Baltic, Lithuania's prime minister on Sunday said that Russia was likely behind an attempted arson attack on a company hosting communication hardware for Starlink satellites.
（暂无翻译）
If you rely on our team for trusted reporting, please take a moment to select us as your Preferred Source on Google, so you'll always see our verified news first.
（暂无翻译）
仅供学习使用，如有侵权请联系删除 · 查看原文