Swedish prosecutors will review a request to reopen a rape investigation closed in 2017 against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange after he was arrested by British authorities on Thursday.
“Following today’s media reports that Julian Assange has been arrested in London, the legal counsel in Sweden has requested that the Swedish preliminary investigation regarding rape be reopened,” Deputy Chief Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson told Reuters.
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