
WikiLeaks Founder Assange Arrested
Updated from 5:47 a.m. EST
NEW YORK (
) --
WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange has been arrested by British police on a warrant issued by Sweden, according to reports.
Assange surrendered to London police on Tuesday. He is wanted in Sweden on suspicion of committing sexual crimes, allegations he denies.
Assange had been hiding out at an undisclosed location in the U.K. since WikiLeaks last week released more than 250,000 sensitive government documents related to U.S. foreign relations.
A spokesman for WikiLeaks called Assange's arrest an attack on media freedom and said it won't prevent the organization from releasing more secret documents, the
Associated Press
reports.
"This will not change our operation," Kristinn Hrafnsson told the
AP
.
Assange had said he was planning another leak involving a big U.S. bank
in early 2011. Reports say
Bank of America
(BAC) - Get Report
is the WikiLeaks target.
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