What happened

A mine struck a taxi carrying travellers returning from Saudi Arabia on the al-Yatmah route near Mount Matau during the night of 14–15 April 2024, travellers and local sources told Yemen Shabab Net.

The report attributed the mine to the Houthis and recorded at least three deaths and four injuries. Transport sources named the dead as Walid Ahmad al-Shamiri, Abdullah Muhammad Muaid Ali al-Dahm and Rassam Abdullatif Mujalli.