3 soldiers die as ?dismantled? bomb explodes in Yemen market
 

ADEN: Three Yemeni soldiers were killed Saturday when a mine they had "dismantled" and taken away in their vehicle blew up as they stopped in a marketplace, a security official said.

Seven other people including three civilians were wounded in the blast in Huta, capital of the southern province of Lahj, a bastion of al-Qaeda Jihadists, according to the official.

The soldiers had "dismantled" the mine planted by suspected Jihadists on a road on the edge of Huta and placed it in the back of their vehicle, he said, declining to be named.

The device exploded when they stopped at a market in the city, he added.

Forces loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, backed by a Saudi-led Arab coalition, are at war on two fronts, against both jihadists and Huthi rebels who control swathes of **rthern and central Yemen.

On Friday, the Huthis an**unced on their sabanews.net website that they had fired a modified Scud missile with an extended range of 800 kilometres at Saudi territory.

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