A civilian was martyred on Sunday in a landmine blast planted by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Al-Dhale province, south of the country.

Local sources told September Net that a 55-year-old man Mohammed Ali Abdulkarim was killed by explosion of a landmine in Qahra village in Murais, north of the province.

The rebel militia planted the mine on a main road near the house of the victim who died immediately on the spot after he stepped on it, added the sources.