Almotamar.net, Saba - Destructive tribesmen have attacked power transmission lines in Marib province in northeast Yemen prompting blackouts for more than three hours a day in the capital.

An official source at the Public Electricity Corporation said that power blackouts will take place for some hours a day after the attack that completely stopped the operations of the Marib Gas-Fired Power Station. An engineering team is now fixing the matter, the source said.

On Monday power cuts happened for more than 3 hours in the capital, Sana'a, many times during the day.

Shooting power transmission lines was a heinous crime and already separated the station totally from the national power grid leading to power deficiency, the source added.

The first stage of Mari Gas-Fired Power Station was launched at a capacity of 260 megawatts last year helping largely to resolving electrical problems in the country.