- A car bomb exploded in central Sanaa on Tuesday
- The apparent target was Maj. Gen. Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
- Six people were killed
(CNN) -- Yemen's defense minister survived an apparent assassination attempt Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near a building he was leaving, the state-run Saba news agency said.
Six people were killed when the bomb exploded in the center of Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
The blast happened outside the prime minister's office as Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Mohammed Nasser Ahmed was leaving, authorities said.
CNN's Pierre Meilhan contributed to this report.
