Senior commander killed in booby-trap attack in Yemen's Aden

STORY: Senior commander killed in booby-trap attack in Yemen's Aden DATELINE: March 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: ADEN, Yemen CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of the sitevarious of street view STORYLINE: A deadly booby trap bomb attack in southern Yemen's Aden killed a high-ranking military commander of the Yemeni army and three bodyguards on Wednesday, a government official told Xinhua. The booby-trapped vehicle "targeted a motorcade of General Thabit Jawas while he was passing near a security checkpoint in the northern parts of Aden," the local government source said on condition of anonymity. The four people were killed on the scene amid the powerful explosion, he noted. Jawas leads the pro-government military forces in the country's southern provinces, particularly in Aden, Lahj, and other neighboring cities, he said. Earlier on Wednesday, witnesses told Xinhua that an exchange of gunfire occurred following the explosion that was heard in various neighborhoods of Aden