A leader in the southern movement, Mohsin Al-Twairah, narrowly escaped an apparent assassination attempt in the southern of Yemen on Saturday after a hidden "sticky" bomb exploded underneath their parked, Toyota, villagers told the Yemen Post.

The car exploded in a pillar of flame and was destroyed. No one was injured in the attack.

I received a call just three minutes before it exploded, and the bomb may have been triggered by remote control," Villagers cited Al-Twairah as saying.

The explosion happened just after 1: am Saturday in the car park close to a residential area of Jabal Al-Raidah of Halmeen district in Lahj province, the sources said.