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An officer loyal to former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi was killed on Monday in an explosion that targeted his military vehicle in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida on Monday, a military official told Xinhua.
An explosive device targeted the military vehicle carrying Fadi Hindaj who worked previously as a commander of the 9th pro-regime Giants Brigades in Hodeida, as his vehicle was passing through an area linking Khokha and Mocha district on Yemen's western coast, the official based in Hodeida Province said on condition of anonymity.
The remotely controlled explosion also destroyed Hindaj's military vehicle at the scene, he added.
The forces of the Giants Brigades are still stationed in various parts of Hodeida's southern outskirts, and occasionally engage in fierce armed confrontations with the Houthi revolutionaries.
Earlier in the day, a statement by the Hadi loyalists said the Houthi fighters targeted their positions in Hays district south of Hodeida.
Hodeida is the key lifeline entry point for Yemen's most food imports and humanitarian aid. The four-year grinding war has pushed more than 20 million people to the verge of starvation.
Yemeni warring parties reached a peace deal on Hodeida in December last year as a first step toward a comprehensive political solution.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
