Officials: Blast kills governor of Yemen's Aden, 6 guards
A huge explosion killed the governor of Yemen's southern Aden province and six of his bodyguards on Sunday, security officials said.
Gov. Gaafar Mohamed Saad was traveling to his office on Sunday morning when the explosion struck his convoy in the Rimbaud area of the southern port city. Authorities are investigating the exact cause of the explosion.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
Pro-government forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition drove Shiite Houthi rebels out of Aden earlier this year. A local al-Qaida affiliate has exploited the chaos of Yemen's conflict to seize territory in the country's south and east, and has a growing presence in Aden.
