13:26pm Al Jazeera online producer said that booms could be heard from different parts of the city, suggesting that „tear-gas is being used to disperse the protesters in several neighbourhoods“.

12:13pm The Bahrain minister of health has reportedly resigned from his post in protest over police crackdown, this claim has been denied by the health ministry.

11:09am Armoured vehicles move towards central Manama after police storm protest site in roundabout, killing at least three.