A/HRC/4/48 page 36 74. According to complaints received by the Office, members of the EPL have been using children in military engagements. In Quinchía (Risaralda) on 14 March, during a clash between the GAULA and this guerrilla group, a girl of 13 was killed while fighting in the ranks of the insurgents. 75. There was also information about a child being employed in activities carried out by the army and the DAS to help identify presumed guerrilla collaborators. 76. Cases were also reported of boys and girls wounded by anti-personnel mines. In Vista Hermosa (Meta) on 15 January, three young brothers were victims of such a mine planted by members of the FARC-EP in the patio of their house. One of the children died instantly, while his brothers were seriously wounded. In Araquita (Arauca) on 2 October, a mine blew up under a 15-year-old who was walking beside his stepfather. The explosion killed the stepfather and left the teenager with very serious permanent injuries. 77. There were cases of people participating directly in the hostilities who used schools. In Puerto Asís (Putumayo) on 7 March, army troops took up positions inside the Ecological School at Cuembí. When the FARC-EP announced that they intended to attack this site, over 30 families from the village of La Carmelita had to leave their homes. H. Women victims of the armed conflict 78. Women’s rights were also affected by the armed conflict. Women and girls have been victims of different forms of violence perpetrated by persons participating directly in the hostilities. 79. The OHCHR Office recorded several murders of women, responsibility for which was attributed to members of illegal armed groups. It was reported that, in Toribío (Cauca) on 29 August, members of the FARC-EP abducted and murdered a 15-year-old girl whom they accused of having emotional ties to a police officer. In Ricaurte (Nariño) on 21 October, FARC-EP members shot the sister of the administrator of La Planada National Park, accusing her of being an army informer. On 10 January in Quinchía (Risaralda), EPL guerrillas killed a nurse whom they accused of collaborating with the army. 80. In other cases, a number of murders of women were attributed to members of the security forces. In Villanueva (Guajira) on 7 March, a woman from the Wiwa ethnic group was killed in an action carried out by members of the Special Diversionary Forces. In the same action, the woman’s 2-year-old daughter was shot in the right foot. 81. The Office received several complaints about women who were victims of sexual violence attributed both to members of illegal armed groups and to members of the security forces. On 29 August in Policarpa (Nariño), men from the AC-ONG group raped several women during an attack on territories controlled by the FARC-EP. On 20 March in Nariño, a woman was declared a “military objective” by the FARC-EP for having refused to go to a camp to attend to men wounded in combat. The woman said that she had previously been sexually abused by several guerrillas.