Swedish prosecutors asked to reopen Julian Assange rape investigation

By John Gage

Published April 11, 2019 8:58pm ET

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Swedish prosecutors asked to reopen Julian Assange rape investigation — Julian Assange gestures as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, after the WikiLeaks founder was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police and taken into custody Thursday April 11, 2019. | (Victoria Jones/AP)

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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