Police van allegedly knocks woman over, breaks her pelvis, shoots rubber bullets at crowd and drives off

Nolwazi Tokhwe from Capricorn in Cape Town is being treated at Victoria Hospital after she was knocked by a police van late on Saturday night.

She said she was about to cross the road in the dark when a police van came speeding"out of nowhere", knocked her over and apparently drove over her right arm. According to eyewitnesses, the officer, who is known to the victim, did not stop to help or to check on her condition. "I think all of this commotion took about five minutes, then the officers all returned to their vehicles and drove off," she said.

"I know him. Most people know him because he works a lot in our area. He is a very rude man and many people have complained about how he abuses his power," said Tokhwe, who plans to open a case against the officer soon. "The whole crowd was shocked and scared. The police officers got out of the vans and just started shooting at all of us, so we ran," said the eyewitness.

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