Unidentified saboteurs bombed an oil pipeline Monday in Yemen's central Marib province, causing damage but not casualties, a security official said.Yemen's official news agency SABA quoted Ahmed Fandar, a Marib security official, as saying a "group of saboteurs" were behind the explosion, which halted the flow of oil. Fandar said the culprits placed a bomb under the pipeline that was timed to explode. He did not identify the identities of the bombers but said the Marib security department was investigating the incident.
The security official did not comment on earlier reports that the explosion set the surrounding area ablaze.
Al-Qaida militants have been active in sabotage operations against oil pipelines and power stations in the country.