Assange supporters fear assassination attempt after Ecuadorian embassy broken-into
Source: Press Trust of India
Assange supporters fear assassination attempt after Ecuadorian embassy broken-into
August 24, 2016 03:41 IST
Supporters of Julian Assange fear an assassination attempt was made on the Wikileaks founder after an intruder scaled the walls of his Ecuadorian Embassy hideout in London.
Ecuador on Tuesday expressed concern over the "inadequate" response from the British authorities to the incident at the embassy, which has been Assange's home for over four years.
An official statement from Ecuador said: "The Ecuadorian government expresses its concern about the inadequate response by the British authorities, who only arrived at the embassy more than two hours after the incident took place.
"The government of Ecuador regrets that, despite the enormous resources that the British government has undertaken to prevent Julian Assange leaving the Ecuadorian embassy, the authorities did not respond more quickly to this extremely serious attempt an unauthorised entry," the statement said.
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The Ecuadorian embassy is not located in a free-standing town house situation, that often comes to mind when you hear the term 'embassy'. Rather, it uses a 3 bedroom apartment, in a building with 129 apartments. It's a six story building, but the embassy is located on the ground floor, front left. You can see it here in Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/1TQMMJKHfjP2 There's a flag of Ecuador by their window. (The Colombia embassy is also there, at the opposite end."
The article said: an unknown man scaled the side wall (and the) window of the Ecuadorian embassy in London; fled after being caught by security. Did the would-be intruder climb up onto that window box thing? It looks to be 6-8 ft up from the sidewalk. (I wouldn't exactly call that scaling.)
All in all, a bit hyperbolic, especially since the quote says this was an 'attempted' unauthorized entry, not a successful one. And it could just as well have been a photographer for National Enquirer.
