Casualties reported as security forces drive out pro-democracy protesters from capital''''s Pearl Roundabout.
Al-Jazeera
"Security forces in Bahrain have driven out pro-democracy protesters from the Pear Roundabout in the capital Manama.
Helicopters hovered overhead as troops backed by tanks stormed the site - the focal point of weeks-long anti-government protests in the tiny kingdom - early on Wednesday, an Al Jazeera correspondent said.
Multiple explosions were heard and smoke was seen billowing over central Manama.
Our correspondent said the police backed by the military attacked the protesters from all sides and used tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd.
Protesters, intimidated by the shear numbers of security forces, retreated from the roundabout, he said.
Hospital sources said two protesters had been killed and hundreds of others injured in the offensive. The Reuters news agency said two policemen had also been killed.
Ali Al Aswad, a member of the opposition Wefaq party, told Al Jazeera that the government used Apache helicopters to shoot at peaceful protesters.
He said the situation was very bad and Bahrain was heading towards a disaster.
"The security forces are killing the people, we call upon UN to help us," Aswad said.
State of emergency
The move by the security forces came a day after a state of emergency was declared on the island and at least two people were killed in clashes in the Shia suburb of Sitra outside Manama......"
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