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Police and emergency officials stand at the entrance of the Occupy Vancouver protest camp where a young woman died Saturday. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)

The death of a young woman at the Occupy Vancouver protests has prompted the city to announce they will clear the camp.

"I have directed the city manager to expedite the appropriate steps to end the encampment as soon as possible with a safe resolution being absolutely critical to that," Mayor Gregor Robertson said Saturday night.

Protesters listening to the mayor's announcement yelled their disagreement, and accused Robertson of using the woman's death for political purposes.

Police said the cause of death has not been determined and would not confirm reports the woman died of a drug overdose.

"Shutting down the encampment will not alleviate the heroin epidemic that's going on in this city," one of the protesters said. "We need people to pay attention to this fact. We need funding, we need help."

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Tags: Occupy