Swedish Navy Fires at Sub in ‘Alien’ Action Close to Port

STOCKHOLM —  Swedish naval units today fired at a submarine after receiving indications that it was engaged in “alien” activities off the entrance to the south coast port of Karlshamn, the news agency TT said.

It was not known if the unidentified craft had been hit, the domestic agency said, quoting unidentified military sources.

It said the naval units fired anti-submarine grenades.

The grenades, fired in swarms, are set to detonate at different depths. They were fired 500 yards from the port entrance, the sources were quoted as saying.

The incident occurred about 18 miles from the Karlskrona archipelago where an intense submarine hunt took place last March and April after alien submarines were spotted in the area.