We have managed to identify two suspects. In my opinion, it is a success that was not necessarily expected at the beginning, he says to the newspaper Der Spiegel according to several media outlets.
It still remains to identify other involved parties and determine the motive behind the incident.
It has previously been reported that there are suspects who are Ukrainian citizens.
When Rommel is asked about a possible Ukrainian involvement, he says that "regardless of any political affiliation" it was an attack against Germany's energy supply.
It was at the end of September 2022 that four leaks on the gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 – which run from Russia to Germany along the Baltic Sea floor – were discovered. Seismic measurements showed that explosions had occurred at sea before the leaks were found, and later the Swedish prosecutor confirmed that the pipelines had been subjected to deliberate explosions.
The investigation into the explosions has been dropped in both Sweden and Denmark, but the German investigation is still ongoing.
