ADEN, Yemen, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed Saturday in a landmine explosion in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Mocha, a security official told Xinhua.
"A landmine laid previously by the Houthi fighters exploded as a civilian transport vehicle was passing through Zahari area of Mocha city," said the official who asked to remain anonymous.
The source said that the blast killed four people and wounded others at the scene.
"The victims of the landmine explosion were all members from one family," he said.
The area where the blast took place has been under the control of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces since 2017 after they expelled the rebels in a military operation.
Previous reports of humanitarian organizations suggested that Yemen has become one of the largest landmine battlefields in the world since the World War II.
The Houthi rebels launched a large military campaign and seized the capital Sanaa in late 2014, forcing Yemen's President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his government into exile in neighboring Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries intervened militarily and began pounding the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa in March 2015 in response to an official public request from Hadi to protect Yemen and roll back Iran's influence.
The conflict between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government has recently entered its fifth year, aggravating the suffering of Yemenis and deepening the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
