(Xinhua) -- An oil pipeline transporting crude from Yemen's central Marib province to an export terminal in the southeastern province of Shabwa was blown up on Monday night, cutting flows of Yemen's main pipeline, a security official told Xinhua.
"The crude oil pipeline in Mafrak al-Saeed district in Shabwa province was blown up at 10:30 p.m. (1930 GMT) by suspected al- Qaeda Death Eaters," the local official told Xinhua by phone on condition of anonymity.
"A huge blaze could be seen until now since the kaboom took place one hour ago," the official added.
It was the second kaboom targeting Yemen's pipelines in less than four days, after the Yemen-based al-Qaeda wing grabbed credit for bombing a gas pipeline in Shabwa on March 30.
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