GETTY The Ecuadorian embassy has confirmed the building was scaled where Julian Assange is staying

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The Embassy of Ecuador in London has confirmed reports a person scaled the wall and attempted to get inside the building before fleeing security staff. International worry spread as fans of the WikiLeaks founder - Assange - suggested it may have been an attempt on his life. The person, named a "cat burglar" in early reports, sought to get into the London based embassy at around 2.50am. But the response by the Met Police has been slammed by the country's officials after they revealed officers did not show up to support them for hours.

GETTY Julian Assange has spent four years living in the embassy in London

The Ecuadorian Government therefore it expresses concern about the inadequate response by the British Authorities Ecuadorian embassy

A statement said: "According to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961), the host country has the special duty to take all steps to protect the Appropriate premises of any diplomatic mission Against any form of intrusion or harm. "In this case, the security of the Ecuadorian Embassy in the UK is the responsibility of the British Authorities. "The Ecuadorian Government therefore it expresses 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 to this extremely serious quickly attempt an unauthorised entry."

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GETTY The Metropolitan Police said they arrived at the embassy within ten minutes

The Metropolitan Police service has disputed the claim made by Ecuador. A spokeswoman said: "We were called around 4.50am and officers arrived approximately 10 minutes later." The Met insisted the call at 4.50am was the firs they were made aware of the incident. The embassy said UK diplomatic police have been handed evidence over the attempted break-in. Ecuador's Government also expressed it was willing to work with UK law enforcers "to Prevent future incidents". Fans of Assange took to Twitter to suggest he may now be in danger inside the embassy. One wrote: “Here we go. I hope Mr Assange knows what he's doing. Hope he leaves his information with others in case of an accident.” Another said: “Somebody is definitely out for Assange. I really do hope Assange has some great intel for us once he's done redacting.”

GETTY Julian Assange fans have said the incident may have been an attempt on the WikiLeaks founder's life