Ministry of Economic Development has confirmed that Economic Minister Mohamed Saeed was unharmed during the shootings at Westminster and House of Commons area.
A tweet issued by the Ministry stated that the Minister was unharmed and safely in Parliament.
Hon. Minister @em_saeed and delegation are safe. They are inside U.K. Parliament.
— Economy & Trade (@EconDevMv) March 22, 2017
Minister Saeed is currently in the UK for meetings with some Members of the UK Parliament.
Economic Minister Saeed meets with cross-party MPs to discuss enhancing UK-Maldives trade relations. pic.twitter.com/SKf0HqFahX
— Maldives Embassy, UK (@maldivesembuk) March 22, 2017
Media sources report that the attacker had been shot after he had attempted to attack a Police officer. Photos have circulated of injured people on Westminster bridge. Scotland Yard had described this as a terror attack. Prime Minister Theresa May was in the building at the time of the attack and was safely escorted to a different area.
