British police stationed armed officers outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Friday after tweets from WikiLeaks quoted what it said were high-level sources saying that Julian Assange could be kicked out of the building within “hours to days.”
The red-brick embassy building with white window frames and balconies was quiet. No official or any British authorities commented on the WikiLeaks founder’s status.
Police withdrew the round-the-clock guard outside the embassy in October 2015 after more than three years in favour of what the service called a “covert” approach.
Assange hasn’t left the embassy since August 2012, fearing if he steps off Ecuador’s diplomatic soil he will be arrested and extradited.