Swedish prosecutor drops rape probe against Assange

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Last Updated : May 19 2017 | 3:02 PM IST
Swedish prosecutors said today that they had closed a seven-year rape investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
"Director of Public Prosecution, Marianne Ny, has today decided to discontinue the investigation regarding suspected rape by Julian Assange," it said in a statement.

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First Published: May 19 2017 | 3:02 PM IST

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