Police say occupation at Berlin's Humboldt University is over

Police say they have completed clearing parts of a building occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters at Humboldt University building in Berlin.

According to initial reports, a total of 150 activists had been holed up there, police spokeswoman Beate Ostertag said on Thursday evening.

Some of the activists left voluntarily, while others were led away by the police.

A demonstration on the edge of the formerly occupied building late Thursday was subsequently broken up.

Police announced over loudspeakers that there was no reason for the demonstrators to stay.

Pro-Palestinian activists had occupied the university building on Wednesday. The university had given them until 6 pm (1600 GMT) to leave and then started clearing the building.