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<br>SANAA, Yemen (AP) - A car bomb rocked Yemen´s southern city of Aden on Wednesday, killing a senior military official and at least four others, officials said.<br> <br>The bombing targeted the convoy of Maj. Gen. Thabet Jawas, commander of the Al-Anad Axis in southern Yemen, said the officials.<br> <br>Jawas was driving to his home in Aden after he attended the funeral of a relative in Laj province when a parked car exploded as his convoy passed near a fuel supply facility, the officials said.<br> <br>The dead included Jawas, three guards and one of his relatives, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.<br> <br>Images from the scene showed fire with charred bodies on the ground.<br> <br>President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed mourned the death of Jawas, describing the explosion as a "terrorist attack."<br> <br>Aden has been the seat of the internationally recognized government since the Houthi rebels seized the Yemeni capital of Sanaa in 2014, triggering the country's conflict.<br> <br>No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing.  The coastal city however has been rocked by several explosions in past years, which were blamed on local affiliates of al-Qaida and the Islamic State groups.<br> <br>The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have also targeted the city with ballistic missiles and explosives-laden drones.<br> <br>In October, at least 14 people were killed in two separate explosions in Aden. In the southern province of Abyan, a car bombing last week claimed by the al-Qaida affiliate targeted a senior security official, leaving four of his companions dead.<br>  adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement