This photograph taken in the southern city of Aden shows damages After a car bomb exploded in an attack that appeared to target the convoy of a senior commander in the Giants Brigades, who survived. AFP
"The treacherous terrorist attack targeting the convoy of Brigadier General Hamdi Shukri, commander of the Second Giants Brigade, resulted in the martyrdom of five of our armed forces heroes and the injury of three others," said Yemen's Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council in a statement published by Yemeni news agency Saba.
A security source told AFP that a car bomb on the side of the road in the Ja'awla area in the north of Aden exploded as Shukri's convoy passed by.
Shukri survived the attack, though a medical source told AFP he had sustained shrapnel wounds in his leg.
No group has claimed responsibility for the blast, which comes after clashes in the south between rival factions of Yemen's government.
The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen condemned the convoy attack and, in a statement posted on X, affirmed its support for "Yemeni security efforts to pursue those involved in this criminal act."
The US Embassy in Yemen also condemned the "unprovoked attack".
Fissures in the government-run south came to a head when separatists took over two provinces in December, triggering air strikes by Saudi warplanes and a counter-offensive by pro-government forces.
Government forces have since taken control of all of southern Yemen.
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