Sweden's coastguard said it had discovered a fourth gas leak on the damaged Nord Stream pipelines earlier this week, after ruptures first reported on Monday sent gas spewing into the Baltic Sea
"There are two emission sites in Sweden's exclusive economic zone, the bigger one above the Nord Stream 1 and a smaller one by Nord Stream 2," the coastguard said in a statement.
Danish authorities have also reported one hole in each of the two pipeline sections in their exclusive economic zone.Reporting by Terje Solsvik and Stine Jacobsen; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Jan Harvey
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