A court in Senegal has sentenced two lawmakers to six months in jail for assaulting their pregnant colleague during a parliamentary session.
During a budget presentation on December 1, Massata Samb, an opposition member of parliament, walked over and slapped Amy Gniby, a member of the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition.The incident set off a series of altercations.
Samb was addressing the assembly about comments Gniby made over the weekend, in which the latter criticised a spiritual leader opposed to a third term for President Macky Sall.
In reaction to the national assembly brawl, a court in Senegal, on Monday, sentenced Niang and Samb to six months in jail.
The lawmakers were also ordered to pay a total of 5 million CFA francs (around $8,000) in compensation to Gniby.
