The governor of Yemen's Aden province Jaafar
Mohammed Saad was killed on Sunday when a suicide
bomber rammed his car into the governor's convoy in the western part of Aden city, residents and a local official said.

They said at least six of his entourage also died in
the attack, which occurred while the governor was
heading to work. Several other people were also
wounded in the bombing.

The sources had earlier said attackers had used
rocket-propelled grenades to target Saad.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the
attack, but Islamist militants are operating in the
city, four months after supporters of President
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and a mainly Gulf Arab
coalition led by Saudi Arabia drove Iran-allied Houthi fighters from Aden, Yemen's second largest city.

Saad, a former general in the army of the former
southern Yemen before the Marxist state merged
with northern Yemen in 1990, was appointed governor in October.

Hadi returned to Aden from Saudi Arabia last month, nearly eight months after he fled to escape the Houthi advance. He has been trying to shore up
security in the city and oversee fighting against the Houthis in the province of Taiz, north of Aden.

RIPP

Hian

Eeyah.... Rip!

a whole governor?
this is seriously serious