ADEN/SANAA: A roadside bomb in Yemen's capital Sanaa killed three soldiers and injured two others during a security patrol early yesterday, a security official said.

The official said the blast targeted a car in Sanaa's Al-Hasaba district, a center of opposition to former Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh who was ousted early last year.

The security official said the soldiers were killed after a bomb placed under their car exploded at a checkpoint in the capital.