Military vehicle mows down woman as post-election protests roil Mozambique

Woman sustains head injuries in incident in capital and police kill two protesters in northern city

A military vehicle mowed down a woman in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, as protests have gripped the southern African country weeks after an election that the opposition said was rigged.

Videos of the incident on Wednesday that have been widely shared on social media showed an armoured vehicle speeding down a busy street into a makeshift wooden barricade attended by protesters and then driving over the woman.

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