ADEN, Yemen, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Two Yemeni children were killed Thursday in an explosion caused by a landmine in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a local military official Xinhua.
"The landmine laid previously by the Houthis exploded killing two brother children near their house in the district of Durayhmi in Hodeidah's southern part," the source said on condition of anonymity.
He stressed that the two children were killed instantly by the landmine blast before the arrival of the rescuers.
According to the source, the family of the two-child victims were making arrangements to celebrate the wedding of their older brother, and that the incident had turned the family's joys into a funeral.
The Houthi-laid landmines and IEDs continue to pose a real threat to the civilians despite the ongoing efforts exerted by the experts of the mine-clearing projects in Yemen.
Previous reports by humanitarian organizations said that Yemen has become one of the largest landmine battlefields in the world since World War II.
The Iran-allied Houthi rebels seized the northern provinces including the capital Sanaa in late 2014, forcing Yemen's President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his government into exile.
A coalition formed by Saudi Arabia and several other Arab countries intervened militarily in the Yemeni conflict to fight against the Houthis in March 2015, in response to an official request from Hadi to protect Yemen and roll back Iran's influence.
