Media: The Swedish foreign minister was thrown tomatoes in the middle of the session | News in brief

An incident occurred on Thursday in the Swedish Parliament’s debate on Palestine, when someone threw the foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenergardia with a bag of tomatoes, says Aftonbladet newspaper.

At first, people from the audience section started shouting. After that, someone threw a bag of tomatoes at Stenergard. According to witnesses, the tomatoes fell a couple of rows behind the foreign minister. The minister left the place and the discussion was temporarily interrupted.

Expressen magazine the throwers are pro-Palestinian activists. According to the newspaper, three people have been arrested.

Prime minister Ulf Kristersson told Aftonbladet that he expects the matter to be thoroughly investigated.

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