Bomb targeting Iran's ambassador to Yemen kills six

SANAA, Yemen, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A bomb targeting the Iranian ambassador to Yemen exploded outside his Sanaa residence Wednesday, killing six people and wounding 12 others.

The ambassador, who arrived in country days earlier, was unharmed.

"We expect al-Qaida to claim responsibility for the attack since they vowed to target and kill Houthis and their allies," a senior Interior Ministry official told CNN.

A residential guard and passerby were among the dead.

Iran's Foreign Ministry responded to news of the bombing by summoning Yemen's charge d'affaires in Tehran to a meeting Wednesday, Iran's state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported. A ministry official reportedly criticized the Yemeni government for failing to protect its diplomatic mission in Sanaa and "urged the Yemeni government to take immediate action to bring to justice the terrorists responsible for the attacks."