Three of the four were sentenced to seven years in prison, the fourth to two years, while the fifth officer was acquitted.
The five traffic officers were detained by the prosecutor in Nouakchott and sacked from the force in November 2013.
They abducted a Senegalese national working in a restaurant in Nouakchott and three of them raped her.
The victim successfully identified the criminals who were arrested by the police and placed in detention.
The rape of the young Senegalese woman raised anxiety in the capital, with some non-governmental organisations organising demonstrations to condemn violence committed against women and demanding that justice be done.
Aminettou El-Moctar, a Mauritanian woman leader, welcomed the court’s verdict, saying justice should be done in all cases of violence against women .(Xinhua/NAN)
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