Earlier, Swedish Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Eva-Marie Persson said that prosecutors would reopen a preliminary investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who is currently being detained in the United Kingdom.
Swedish Deputy Director of Public Prosecution Eva-Marie Persson said on Monday that she had requested a district court in the Swedish city of Uppsala to issue a warrant for arresting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The warrant, if granted, would be the first stage in a process to extradite Assange from the UK.