Pro-Palestinian activists today disrupted a debate in the Swedish Parliament on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank by throwing a bag at the Swedish foreign minister, a lawmaker told AFP.

The protesters started shouting when the Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergaard She was returning to her seat after a speech on the floor of Parliament, MP An-Sophie Alm told AFP.

“They started shouting and arguing in the gallery (…), then someone threw an object towards us, the MPs”Alm said, clarifying that the object was thrown in the direction where the foreign minister was sitting.

According to Swedish media, the object landed a few rows behind the bench where Stenergard was sitting, who was seen on video getting up and quickly leaving the room.

The MP added that she saw “Maria reacting to the noise and running out of the room”.

The bag contained tomatoes, according to Swedish media. Alm pointed out that it was “a bag that had a red, soft substance in it.”

The chairman of the parliamentary session immediately asked the security to remove the protesters from the room and interrupted the debate.

According to the Swedish news agency TT, three people handed themselves over to the police.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristerson condemned the actions of these protesters.

“I now expect a thorough investigation into how this could have happened and strong measures to keep MPs and ministers safe in the Parliament building,” Christerson told TT.