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On 13 April 2017, the web site Daily Info Box reported that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange had been found dead in a London alley, his body showing signs of torture: Daily Info Box is a known purveyor of fake news, and the unrelated photograph was lifted from a February 2014 article about the death of a teenager in London. Wikileaks' Twitter account continued to reference Assange as alive despite the claim, and no credible outlet reported what would have been major international news of its founder's death. The article was published on 13 April 2017. Between its publication and 21 April 2017, Julian Assange was in the news after reports that the United States sought to arrest him:
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