Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has survived an assassination attempt in, Khartoum, Sudan, according to Ali Bakhit, prime minister’s office director on Monday.
“An explosion hit as Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s car was driving by, but thank God no one was hurt”, he clarified.
Bakhit explained that the blast targeted the prime minister’s convoy just as he was heading to his office
The official confirmed that the prime minister had been moved to a safe location, in a safe place, but that there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Footage posted online showed two white vehicles used by Sudan’s top officials parked on a street, damaged with their windows broken with one badly damaged in the blast.
Hamdok was appointed prime minister in August last year after pro-democracy protests forced the military to remove former ruler Omar al-Bashir.