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The Russian Investigative Committee released details after its survey of the wreck of the gas carrier Arctic Metagaz. It says it is continuing with the forensic investigation into the “criminal case of an act of international terrorism.”
A team of investigators from the Committee, assisted by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense, traveled to Libya. They used unmanned aerial vehicles and underwater vehicles to perform a detailed inspection of the vessel. They report documenting evidence of the fire, the complete destruction of the vessel’s control systems, and the destruction of two of the four LNG tanks.
“The nature of the damage indicates external impact from explosive devices,” the Committee said in its statement. Spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko also asserted that the vessel was attacked on March 3 off the coast of Malta by “unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats armed with explosive devices,” but they stopped short of specifically naming Ukraine for carrying out the attack.
The vessel’s second mate and a sailor who were injured during the blast and fire have successfully received medical treatment. The crew has been repatriated to Murmansk.
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