A business delegation from Bermuda was in Bahrain yesterday as police clashed with protestors in the capital Manama.Stuart Lacey, managing director of Altree Financial, captured a photograph of tanks rolling into the city as he fled the violence last night.He had attended a Bermuda financial services panel discussion and reception conference yesterday evening with Business Bermuda CEO Cheryl Packwood and Belaid Jheengoor, from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).The trio have been on a tour of the Middle East promoting the Island’s international business sector.Mr Lacey emailed The Royal Gazette just after 1am this morning (8am Bahrain time) to say: “In central Manama. Business Bermuda delegation here, with me and Cheryl Packwood and Belaid from PWC.“Situation very tense. Many people killed last night one mile from my Ritz hotel. Trying to escape city centre in hotel car. Nervous. Highways blocked and just saw columns of heavy armour rolling into central Manama in other lane of highway.“Many, many police and ambulances. Local reports from hotel staff saying police were brutal. We passed Pearl roundabout last night only hours before things went bad. Cheryl and son stayed at hotel. Me trying for airport.”We later got this update: “Made it over main bridge. Most roads blocked. Airport still open, trying to catch flight to Qatar in two hours. Lots of helicopters circling. Feeling better.”Mr Lacey e-mailed once he arrived at the airport to say: “Bit hectic here. Just spoke to other man who came different route. He showed me cell photo of car crushed under tank he witnessed. He was very distressed. Driver said all roads into Manama now shut by army. People all look same but can feel palpable tension. Hope to get on flight soon.”Finally, at about 3.20am (10.20am Bahrain time) he wrote to say he’d made it onto a Qatar Airways flight to Doha, the capital of Qatar.“Wheels up. Got rum?” he joked.Ms Packwood stayed overnight with her son at the Ritz in Manama. She told us this morning: “We’re fine.”And Mr Jheengoor emailed to say: “I am out of there. In Dubai. It was extremely calm today in Bahrain, which is worrying.“I went to Pearl Square briefly last night about 10pm with my driver, [a] local Bahraini guy. It was a peaceful gathering with women and children and young adults. No sign of any disturbance.”Reuters reported that police in the Gulf island kingdom attacked demonstrators camped out in the capital yesterday, killing three, in a move to stifle pro-democracy protests inspired by similar movements across the Middle East.The news agency said police fired buckshot and teargas into Pearl Square overnight, dispersing 2,000 people, including women and children, who had spent three days there hoping to emulate the successful protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Five people have now been killed, according to reports.