Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has con­demned the at­tack at the White House Cor­re­spon­dents’ Din­ner on Sat­ur­day night, ex­press­ing re­lief that Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, First La­dy Mela­nia Trump and oth­ers in at­ten­dance were not harmed.

In a so­cial me­dia post yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said she was re­lieved that all of­fi­cials and guests were safe fol­low­ing the in­ci­dent. She al­so com­mend­ed the Unit­ed States Se­cret Ser­vice mem­bers for their re­sponse.

“The swift ac­tion of the Unit­ed States Se­cret Ser­vice in ap­pre­hend­ing the shoot­er is com­mend­able, and I ex­tend my best wish­es to the in­jured of­fi­cer. I strong­ly con­demn all acts of vi­o­lence against de­mo­c­ra­t­ic in­sti­tu­tions, and my thoughts are with those af­fect­ed and trau­ma­tised by this in­ci­dent,” Per­sad-Bisses­sar said.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, a man armed with guns and knives stormed the lob­by out­side the White House Cor­re­spon­dents’ As­so­ci­a­tion Din­ner Trump was host­ing on Sat­ur­day night, charg­ing to­ward the ball­room in a chaot­ic en­counter with Se­cret Ser­vice agents as guests dived un­der ta­bles at the sound of shots be­ing fired. Trump was un­in­jured and was rushed off the stage.

The was lat­er iden­ti­fied as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Tor­rance, Cal­i­for­nia. Of­fi­cials said he was a guest at the Wash­ing­ton Hilton, where the din­ner was be­ing held. He is ex­pect­ed in court to­day.

Recog­nis­ing that this was an­oth­er at­tack on Pres­i­dent Trump, Per­sad-Bisses­sar added, “I note with con­cern that this is yet an­oth­er at­tempt tar­get­ing Pres­i­dent Trump, and I pray for his con­tin­ued safe­ty and for the peo­ple of the Unit­ed States.