Roadside bomb hit STC's convoy‏

A roadside bomb killed a civilian and two fighters travelling in a convoy of vehicles belonging to Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Aden city on Thursday, Reuters reported.

The STC forces said that a car bomb struck the convoy carrying a general, but the armed forces command later said in a statement that it was a roadside bomb.

“Terrorist elements planted an explosive device ... and detonated it when the general’s convoy passed and then opened fire,” it said, adding that the civilian killed had been in the vicinity.

It said several people were injured but gave no figure.

Video footage shared by STC activists on Facebook showed a white four-wheel-drive vehicle with extensive damage.

Aden is the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, which in December formed a new power-sharing cabinet including the STC under a deal brokered by Saudi Arabia.

The STC said in a statement that those behind the attack are “declaring that their battle is not against the Houthi enemy ... but against the south, its leadership and forces” but did not specify which Yemeni party it was referring to.