At least one member of Yemen’s Houthi movement has been killed and two others are wounded in five bomb blasts in the center of the capital, Sanaa.
Reports said the blasts occurred in the old quarter of the Yemeni capital, mostly controlled by Shia Houthi movement, early on Tuesday.
The first explosion occurred in Bustan al-Sultan neighborhood when a member of the Houthi movement was trying to dismantle a bomb discovered underneath the car of a judge.
According to the medics, he died in hospital.
Another four bombs planted in garbage containers in the same neighborhood went off within short intervals.
No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings, but the al-Qaeda group in Yemen has threatened Houthis with such acts of violence.
Earlier on Monday, the Shia Houthi movement said its fighters had managed to retake the Arhab district near the capital from al-Qaeda-linked militants. The Houthi fighters on Sunday took full control of the Arhab region, which was previously under the control of militants loyal to Yemen’s al-Qaeda-linked Islah party.
Militants killed dozens of Houthi fighters in the clashes that broke out earlier Sunday.
Over the past months, al-Qaeda militants have frequently carried out attacks on Yemen’s security forces and have been also locked in deadly battles with the Houthi fighters.
