A property developer removed more of the Berlin Wall on Wednesday, police said, in a surprise dawn move amid a bitter running protest over the dismantling of the Cold War dividing line.
Four segments were removed from around 5:00am local time (0400 GMT) from the
Wall's longest surviving stretch, creating a gap around five metres (16
feet) wide where a gate was installed, a police spokeswoman said.
Some 250 police were at the site, according to media reports.
Opponents have rallied, at times in their thousands, along the 1.3-kilometre
(nearly one mile) stretch of Wall, known as the East Side Gallery, since the
beginning of March when a first panel was taken away.
Its removal was temporarily halted shortly afterwards.
US singer and actor David Hasselhoff, who gave a New Year's Eve performance of
his song "Looking for Freedom" at the Wall after its fall in 1989,
has even joined protesters.
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