A suicide car bomb attack in central Yemen killed 25 people including 15 children on Tuesday, security and medical sources said.

A suicide car bomb attack in central Yemen killed 25 people including 15 children on Tuesday, security and medical sources said.

The children were killed when their school bus was caught up in the attack in the town of Rada, a local security source told AFP, blaming the attack on Al-Qaeda militants.

A medical source confirmed 25 people had died in the attack.