ADEN, Dec 7 (NNN-YPA) – A convoy of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), yesterday, survived a landmine explosion, in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a security official said..
“A convoy of UNMHA, composed of a group of vehicles, was struck by a landmine explosion, while they were travelling in the Al Hali district of Hodeidah,” the local official said, on condition of anonymity.
He confirmed that, the explosion caused no injuries but partially damaged two UNMHA armoured vehicles.
“Officials of the Houthi rebel group were escorting UNMHA head of mission, Major General Michael Beary, when the explosion targeted the UN convoy in Hodeidah,” he clarified.
Another local official said that, the UNMHA head and Houthi officials, were on their way to closely supervise destroying large quantities of explosives and mines in Hodeidah.
Government demining experts said previously that, more than one million landmines have been laid, since the outbreak of the Yemeni civil war in late 2014, when the Houthi militia took control of several northern provinces, and forced the Yemeni government out of the capital, Sanaa.– NNN-YPA
