ADEN, Yemen, March 16 (Xinhua) -- An explosion caused by a roadside bomb killed two children in Yemen's southern province of Dhalea on Monday, a security official told Xinhua.
"An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded and targeted a motorcycle carrying two 13-year-old children near the district of Qataba," a local security official said on condition of anonymity.
The IED explosion destroyed the motorcycle and instantly left the children killed at the scene, the source said.
Roadside bomb blasts frequently cause casualties among Yemeni people living near areas involved in fightings between the two warring rivals.
The areas in the north and west of Dhalea have been witnessing non-stop fightings between government forces and Houthi fighters for about four years.
Yemen has been plagued by a civil war since late 2014 after Houthi rebels forced the internationally-recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi into exile.
