Bahrain says it’s uncovered among the largest finds of weapons and explosives since violence erupted there in 2011.

Bahrain continues to be making do with low level unrest because the Arab Spring demonstrations. Insurgents have lately started assaults on cops although the government was accused of human rights abuses.

The interior ministry said the substance fit explosive hints discovered in a number of recent strikes in the Gulf state and was captured in the Nuwaidrat district.

“The facility was adapted to accommodate an intricate system of concealed subterranean bunkers and an aboveground making operation,” the statement said.

Police chief Maj Gen Tarik Al-Hassan told the BBC a great deal of digital evidence were taken away for investigation and that the workshop was additionally found with machines for making other bombs as well as mines.

He explained the perpetrators were linked to components in Iraq and Iran and the facility might took months to construct.

The majority Shia Muslim population in Bahrain has demanded greater political representation in the ruling Sunni monarchy.