At least 40 people were killed on Friday when a car bomb hit followers of Houthi-led Shiite procession in Yemen's northern province of Saada, second of its kind in less than three days, a local councilman said.

At least 40 Houthi-led Shiite rebels' followers were killed and several others wounded early Friday in Sihaar district in Saada when a suicide bomber drove his car into a Shiite convey in their way to the funeral of Bader al-Deen al-Houthi, a spiritual leader of the Houthis who died on Thursday, the councilman told Xinhua.