September Net

A whole family has sustained life-threatening injuries on Wednesday when the car they were in hit a landmine planted by Houthi militia in the central province of Al-Bayda.

The family members were traveling to Taiz city to celebrate holiday of Eid Al-Fitr when a landmine planted by Houthi militia on the main road blew up the car in Al-Zaher district, local sources told September Net.

The mine explosion fully destroyed and burned the car, causing all the family members critical injures, the sources added.

The Iran-backed Houthi militia have planted hundreds of thousands mines across Yemen, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties, mostly women and children.