A volley of shots fired by forces on either side of the border between North and South Korea appear to have been “accidental,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.

“I’ve seen some of our internal information as well. We can confirm at least the initial reports that you’ve described are just about right, a handful of shots that came across from the North,” he said on ABC News’ “This Week.”

“We think those are accidental. South Koreans did return fire. So far as we can tell, there was no loss of life on either side,” Pompeo said.

The exchange of rounds, reported by South Korea’s military, came just days after North Korean media reported that its leader Kim Jong Un was seen publicly for the first time in weeks at a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang.

For the first time since he assumed power in 2011, Kim had missed the commemoration of his late grandfather and North Korea’s founder Kim Il Sung on April 15, leading to speculation that he was seriously ill or dead.

Pompeo said he couldn’t share any information about why Kim was out of the public eye during that period.

“So there’s not much I can share with you other than we’ve seen the same images from yesterday that the world saw. It looks like Chairman Kim is alive and well,” he said.

Pompeo also would not acknowledge whether Kim had become ill after contracting the coronavirus or had a cardiovascular problem.