The minister fled the chamber when she heard the noise, and the debate was temporarily suspended.
“It must be possible to have a parliamentary debate without having things thrown at you. It is fundamental to democratic discourse,” Stenergard wrote in a text message to Aftonbladet, thanking all those who had offered their support in the aftermath.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson condemned the incident: “I am proud that Sweden has a competent and upright foreign minister who represents the government’s line on the conflicts in the Middle East. No one should be allowed to threaten her or throw objects at her.”
“We have helped the security guards to remove people from the scene,” a police spokesperson said, adding that two women aged 45 and a man aged 35 were suspected of disrupting the debate.
