Maputo — Much of the southern Mozambican city of Matola was plunged into darkness on Friday night by an abortive attempt to steal cables from an electricity sub-station.
According to a release from the public electricity company EDM, the thief was a security guard who was supposed to protect the Maputo gas-fired combined cycle power station, of which the sub-station forms part.
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