
A | HELSINKI -- Finnish police said Wednesday they have launched a criminal investigation into possible sabotage of an undersea gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia that was shut down over the weekend following a leak.Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, or NBI, says it has started gathering evidence at the location of the leak, which was detected in Finland's economic zone Sunday on the Balticconector pipeline connecting the two NATO allies. A telecommunications cable also was damaged.The purpose of the probe is to establish whether the Balticconector pipeline was damaged intentionally or by accident and by whom. Finnish authorities have already ruled out an operational mishap, saying the damage resulted from “external activity.”Noting that the analysis was still in an early stage, NBI said “traces have been detected in the seabed” near the leak but didn’t give details.Outside analysts have speculated on everything from a ship’s anchor hitting the pipeline to an explosion as possible causes. Investigators told reporters on Wednesday that an explosion appeared unlikely.“The damage appears to have been caused by mechanical force, not an explosion,” NBI chief inspector Risto Lohi was quoted as saying by Finnish public broadcaster YLE. “At the moment we are determining what happened and (who) may have been involved. Considering the situation, we will not speculate, but work to find facts, analyze them and then draw conclusions about what caused the damage.”The 77-kilometer-long (48-mile-long) Balticconnector pipeline runs across the Gulf of Finland from the Finnish city of Inkoo to the Estonian port of Paldiski. It is bi-directional, transferring natural gas between Finland and Estonia depending on demand and supply. The 300 million euro ($318 million) pipeline, largely financed by the European Union, started commercial operations at the beginning of 2020. It was shut down on Sunday after operators noticed a drop in pressure in the pipeline.The incident comes just over a year after the Nord Stream gas pipelines running between Germany and Russia in the Baltic Sea were damaged by explosions believed to be sabotage. The case remains unsolved.In Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he had discussed the latest incident with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.“If it is proven to be a deliberate attack on NATO critical infrastructure, then this will be of course serious, but it will also be met by a united and determined response from NATO,” Stoltenberg said.On Tuesday, Finnish officials did not comment on whether they suspected Russian involvement.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the incident “alarming news.”“We know that there have been dangerous precedents of terror attacks against critical infrastructure in the Baltics, I mean the attacks against Nord Stream pipelines,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters on Wednesday. “We are looking forward to more detailed information.”Finnish gas transmission system operator Gasgrid Finland estimated that the repair work would take at least five months. The company said a liquified natural gas terminal in Inkoo has the capacity to deliver the gas Finland needs.Europe saw natural gas prices hit record highs last year after Russia’s cutoff of most gas supplies during the war in Ukraine. Many European countries have turned to other alternatives including LNG since then to meet their energy needs. Europe currently has filled 97% of its gas storage capacity for the winter, but security of supply depends on deliveries of pipeline gas and LNG.。 ロックバンド・LUNA SEAの真矢さんが、17日に亡くなった。

B | 56歳だった。22日深夜、LUNA SEAオフィシャルサイトおよびSNSにて発表された。葬儀は遺族の意向もあり、すでに近親者のみで執り行われた。また、ファンとのお別れができる場を改めて設ける予定となっている。【写真】集合ショットで…真矢さん、生前最後の投稿 真矢さんは1970年1月13日生まれ、神奈川県出身。ソロアーティストとしても活動。00年5月、タレントの石黒彩と結婚。

C | 同年11月に第1子女児、 02年9月に第2子女児、04年8月に第3子男児が誕生した。2025年9月、2020年に大腸がんステージ4を患いながらも手術や抗がん剤治療、放射線療法を受けつつ、ステージに立ち続けてきたこと、公式サイトを通じて脳腫瘍を公表していた。 生前最後の投稿となったのが、闘病中ながらも音楽フェス『LUNATIC FEST.2025』にサプライズ登場した際のもの。自身のインスタグラムでは、同フェスで撮影された集合ショットを添えながら、「この写真を見る度に泣いちゃうな……かわいいかわいいジュンジ。

D | 愛するメンバー。

E | そして本気でLUNA SEAを支えてくれるみんな。本当に幸せだよ。ありがとう」とつづり、自身の代役として出演した淳士(SIAM SHADE)やメンバーへの感謝をつづっていた。 訃報にあたって、メンバーがコメントを発表。「2020年にステージ4の大腸がん、そして昨年には脳腫瘍も発覚し、7回の手術や治療を継続してきましたが、56年の人生に幕を下ろしました。懸命なリハビリを続け、3月のライヴではドラムを叩くことを目指していた中、容態が急変し、あまりにも早い旅立ちでした」と伝えた。 続けて「生前、真矢は『また必ず5人でステージに戻る』と、誰よりも強く再起を信じ、病魔に立ち向かっていました。

F | その不屈の精神と、最後まで絶やさなかった太陽のような笑顔は、僕達メンバー、そしてスタッフ全員の希望の光でした。彼が35年以上にわたって刻み続けた魂のビート、そして音楽への深い愛は、これからもLUNA SEAの物語の中で、決して鳴り止むことはありません」と偲んだ。

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