Huge bomb-making factory exposed in Bahrain
Several suspects linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have been arrested for operating a factory used for producing bombs in large numbers in Bahrain, officials have revealed.
The Interior Ministry confirmed that the arrest is part of the campaign by security forces to crack down on militants behind recent bomb attacks on security forces that had killed or wounded several people this year.
Last July a bomb killed two policemen and wounded six others in the worst attack of its kind in months.
The ministry said that the bomb-making facility in Nuweidrat, a residential district south of the capital Manama, contained more than 1.5 tonnes of high-grade explosives, making it one of the biggest finds in the kingdom.
“The facility had been adapted to accommodate an elaborate network of hidden underground bunkers and an above-ground manufacturing operation,” the statement said.
Chief of Police Major-General Tariq Al Hasan said Iran was responsible for the plant.
However Iran denies involvement in any violence in Bahrain.
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