Amadou Niang and Massata Samb were each given a six-month jail sentence and ordered to pay damages to Amy Ndiaye Gniby.
Copy linkA court in Senegal sentenced two politicians on Monday to six months in jail for assaulting a pregnant colleague during an acrimonious parliamentary session last month that degenerated into a full-blown brawl.Lawmakers Amadou Niang and Massata Samb were given six-month sentences for assaulting an opposition politician
Amy Ndiaye Gniby, who was pregnant at the time, fought back as the parliamentary session devolved into violenceThe men, Amadou Niang and Massata Samb of the opposition PUR party, were also ordered to pay a total of 5 million CFA francs in compensation to lawmaker Amy Ndiaye Gniby of the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition.
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