News - Yemen: A citizen was killed and another was injured in an explosive device explosion Thursday while the convoy of a security official affiliated with the US-Saudi aggression in Shabwa Governorate.

According to local sources, the convoy of Awad Dhiban Al-Mazraqi was exposed to an explosion with an explosive device, while passing through the main street in the city of Ataq, which resulted in the death of his son Mubarak Dhiban and the injury of one of his escorts.

The sources suggested that the device was controlled and detonated from a distance while the convoy was passing.

Southern governorates are witnessing security chaos, and almost daily crimes, under the control of the forces of US-Saudi aggression and Saudi-Emirati occupation. They witness increasing of assassinations involving military security leaders, religious and social tendencies, kidnapping, bombings and clashes between militants fighting for influence among them.

The United Nations has confirmed that the security chaos in the southern governorates has become a source of concern for humanitarian workers. Deputy Director of Operations, Ghada Mudawi, assured the Security Council that the lack of security is a source of concern for workers, who are increasingly trying to steal cars, kidnappings and other attacks.