Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has escaped unharmed from a blast targeting his convoy as it moved through the capital Khartoum on Monday, officials and media said, EDNews reports citing RFI.

Hamdok’s office and Sudanese state media reported an explosion went off near a convoy as it was driving the prime minister to his office. “An explosion hit as Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s car was driving by, but thank God no one was hurt,” said the premier’s chief of staff, Ali Bakhit.

“I am safe and in good shape,” read a tweet on Hamdok’s official account. “Rest assured that what happened today will not stand in the way of our transition.”

Images on state television and social media showed at least two damaged vehicles at the site of the blast in the capital’s northeastern Kober district.

Media reported Hamdok was well and taken to a safe place. One report on state radio said automatic weapons were also used in the attack and that Hamdok was taken to a hospital.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.