Swedish prosecutors sought Assange's arrest

The Swedish public Prosecutor has requested the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Assange, and is aiming for a European arrest warrant. The authority determined, again due to rape allegations.

Currently, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is sitting in London in custody, the United States will demand his extradition, and the Swedish authorities to determine. On suspicion of rape, the Prosecutor's office of the country requested a warrant of arrest against the Australians.

When the district court of Uppsala makes the way free, she wants to issue a European arrest warrant, in order to achieve the extradition of assange to Sweden. The Deputy Director of law enforcement, Eva-Marie Persson told. When the court decides on the request, is unclear.

Eva-Marie Persson is aiming for a European arrest warrant against Assange.

Assange denies the allegations

Perssons authority had begun its preliminary investigations against Assange in a week. The 47-Year-old is alleged to have in 2010, a woman in Sweden raped. He has denied always. Other allegations are now time-barred.

The Swedish Prosecutor's office had suspended the investigation of 2017, because it wasn't succeeded to interrogate Assange in detail. The question of guilt, however, remained unclear.

Assange has been convicted in the UK for breach of bail conditions to 50 weeks in prison. The United States, which accuse him of conspiring with the Whistleblower Chelsea Manning, presented a request for extradition.

The British authorities to decide

if this request in a competitor to a Swedish European arrest warrant, would have to decide the British authorities, which of the two points is more important, said Persson.