STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors have withdrawn an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying the rape suspicions against him are unfounded.
In a brief statement Saturday, chief prosecutor Eva Finne says: “I don’t think there is reason to suspect that he has committed rape.”
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