Video - BBC News report of the arrest of Assange at 9:30 this morning.
BBCNews | The founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police.
Scotland Yard said Mr Assange was arrested on a European arrest warrant by appointment at a London police station at 0930 GMT.
He is due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court later.
Mr Assange is accused by the Swedish authorities of one count of rape, one of unlawful coercion and two counts of sexual molestation, alleged to have been committed in August 2010.
Police contacted his lawyer, Mark Stephens, on Monday night after receiving an European arrest warrant from the Swedish authorities.
An earlier warrant, issued last month, had not been filled in correctly.
BBCNews | The founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police.
Scotland Yard said Mr Assange was arrested on a European arrest warrant by appointment at a London police station at 0930 GMT.
He is due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court later.
Mr Assange is accused by the Swedish authorities of one count of rape, one of unlawful coercion and two counts of sexual molestation, alleged to have been committed in August 2010.
Police contacted his lawyer, Mark Stephens, on Monday night after receiving an European arrest warrant from the Swedish authorities.
An earlier warrant, issued last month, had not been filled in correctly.
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