Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok survived unharmed an assassination attempt using explosives in the capital Khartoum Monday, said his top aide.
"An explosion hit as Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok's car was driving by but thank God no one was hurt," said Ali Bakhit, his office director.Images on state television showed at least two damaged vehicles at the site of the blast in the Kober district, northeast of the centre of Khartoum.
State TV reported that Hamdok's convoy was targeted but was currently"well and has been taken to a safe place".State-run radio Omdurman meanwhile reported that automatic weapons were also used in the attack and that Hamdok was taken"to a hospital".
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