Yemen's Hodeidah...Roadside bombing kills four civilians

Four civilians were killed on Sunday as a roadside bomb exploded in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a military official told Xinhua.

"An explosion caused by a device hit a civilian vehicle traveling along the main road in Al Khawkhah district, south of Hodeidah," the local military official said on condition of anonymity.

Four members of a family died immediately in the explosion that destroyed their vehicle, the source added.

A spokesman for a local field hospital confirmed receiving the bodies of four victims and two injured women.

 "The dead civilians include a man, his wife and two of their children, one of whom was a 10-day-old baby," sources said.

Yemen's government forces have accused the Iran-backed Houthi rebels of being behind the bombing.