![Underwater tracks on seabed prove that a small submarine illegally entered Swedish waters last month, says military A sonar image showing subsea tracks left by a small submarine in Swedish waters. Photograph: Claudio Bresciani/EPA](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBuFjBefN61_iLe9k4bB-AyBdafXWxpjb08jDvbNkEbW0VmFDT5oqCZ97IMxtL2S-zVooQhc7RFTsw3KExp3Db0xS9Ys08NDOKvCfzbBEhLJ2YNsIWGFW8yY91kE8hrSo-F1n/s560/sonar+image.jpg)
The sonar image shows tracks on the sea floor, which the head of the armed forces says were left by the submarine. “The military can confirm that a small submarine breached Sweden’s territorial waters. We can exclude all alternative explanations,” General Sverker Göranson told a news conference.
He said Sweden was no closer to finding out which country was behind the incursion. Suspicion had fallen on Russia, but its defence ministry denied the allegation, dismissing the Swedish search operation as a “tragicomedy”.
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