SANAA: A roadside bomb wounded one person in the Yemeni town of Daleh on Monday, one of several areas paralyzed by a strike called by southern secessionists, a local official said.
Meanwhile, a security official said a vehicle carrying explosives was intercepted trying to enter Daleh, 200 kilometers south of the capital Sanaa.
The bomb that wounded the civilian was planted on the main road to the town, the local government official said, adding a policeman was injured in an accident unrelated to violence.
"There were no clashes or gunfire," he said, without specifying the type of accident.
Daleh was paralyzed by a general strike called by the Southern Movement, a grouping of parties, some of which demand full secession for the former South Yemen.
The strike also was observed in the southern towns of Habilain in the Lahej region and Lawder and Moudiya in Abyan, but not in the former southern capital of Aden or other towns in the Hadramut region, witnesses said.
Pro-independence protests have multiplied in the south amid a worsening economic situation in Yemen and charges of discrimination in favor of northerners.
South Yemen was independent from 1967 until 1990 when it united with the north. The south seceded in 1994, sparking a short-lived conflict that ended when the south was overrun by northern troops.
