Finnish police said Wednesday they seized a ship suspected of causing damage to a telecommunications cable connecting Helsinki and Tallinn in the Gulf of Finland earlier on Wednesday.

The Finnish coast guard identified the vessel as the Fitburg, a 132-meter-long cargo ship bearing a flag from St Vincent and Grenadines, en route from St Petersburg, Russia, to Haifa, Israel.

Fourteen crew members from Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan were detained and were to be questioned, national police commis

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