New York police have dismantled the camp of Wall Street deal Zuccotti Park after a night raid.
The demonstrators were woken up at 1:00 (6:00 GMT) and was ordered to leave before the police began to dismantle the tents and disposal of the property.
Wall Street deal was set up in September to protest against economic inequality and inspired dozens of similar camps in the world.
A camp in Oakland, California, was approved during Monday night.
The New York Police Department gave an advertisement in its operation began, saying the protesters “. The city has determined that the continued occupation of the park Zuccotti represents a growing danger to safety and fire”
The office of Mayor Michael Bloomberg released a Twitter message saying that the demonstrators should “temporarily abandoned tents and tarps and withdraw”, but could return once the park was clear.
Brochures were given to tell the occupants to “withdraw immediately all private property” and warned he would be arrested if they interfered with the operation.
Property left behind were put in storage, said the announcement, and the protesters are not allowed to bring camping gear back.
Current webcast protesters from the park showed the crowd singing “every day, all week, taking on Wall Street” and “the whole world is watching,” as police moved into the field, near the financial district of New York.
“We were given 20 minutes to get our things,” said Sam Wood protester told Reuters. “It’s a painful process of seeing, are sweeping through the park.”
Police spokesman Paul Browne said most people had begun to leave the park after the evacuation order was given, but a small group of people who had refused to leave.
At least 15 people were arrested, reports indicate.
Laura Trevelyan BBC, near the park, said the movement in the night clearly took the camp by surprise.
However, the protesters have discussed consolidation in other places around the city and we believe that the regulation is only amplify your message, our correspondent said.
The authorities of the city and Mayor Bloomberg has been under pressure from residents and local businesses to close the camp, which received approximately 200 occupants, the approach of his birthday two months.
The prohibition of camping equipment ending the persons sleeping in the park, says our correspondent.
Police said most of the demonstrators left the park after the order was given
Plans have been put in place an escalation of the protest on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of two months, with a street carnival expected to descend on Wall Street to try to turn it off.
