The governor of Aden, Yemen, was killed along with five bodyguards when a car bomb detonated Sunday morning, local officials said.
Gov. Jaafar Saad was visiting a branch of the Ministry of Telecommunication in the southern port city when the blast occurred, the officials said. They initially said a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into Saad’s car, but later said the blast was the result of a car bomb.
Aden has been functioning as the de facto capital of the government of Saudi-backed President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi.
Hadi was ousted from the capital in March by Shiite Houthi rebels.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack. Parts of Aden are under the control of al-Qaeda.