A/HRC/33/63 territory and its natural resources. In the east, the Lord’s Resistance Army threatens civilians and carries out increasingly frequent kidnappings. 40. In the four days following the murder of a young Muslim on 26 September 2015, 77 people were killed, 400 were injured and some 40,000 were displaced.3 The Human Rights Division of MINUSCA described the violence to be largely sectarian and to have been made possible by the environment of instability and impunity. 4 41. The Division confirmed the execution of 32 civilians, including 19 men and 13 women, and physical assaults against 1 man and 5 women by members of ex-Séléka factions or their supporters between 26 September and 20 October in Bangui. The vast majority of the victims were Christian, which indicates that the perpetrators selected their targets because of their community.5 The Division also reported that the anti-balaka faction and its supporters were responsible for the deaths of at least six civilians, including four children, and for the injuries sustained by a further seven. Numerous cases of sexual violence have also been attributed to all the conflicting parties. 42. Several religious buildings were attacked, burned down and looted, even in Bangui. Violent incidents continued during the month of October in Bangui and in the provinces and were sometimes politically motivated. For example, in Bambari, armed men crossed the Ouaka bridge in late September to fight members of an anti-balaka faction. The violence left 11 persons injured and 22 houses were burned down. 43. Armed groups commit human rights violations almost on a daily basis. The following examples show that these violations almost always target a specific community or are part of a struggle between armed factions for territorial control. On 5 January 2016, outside the village of Pakam (Nana Mambéré), armed Fulanis affiliated with the R3 group run by Colonel Siddiki shot and killed a civilian before burning his body. The same group is also allegedly responsible for the death of two men on 21 March during an attack on the village of Ngouvota, near Kaga Bandoro. On 4 March, members of the ex-Séléka/Union Pour la Paix en Centrafrique faction allegedly killed three women from the same family who were returning from their fields 8 kilometres from Bambari, in retaliation for the death of two of their own. 44. As to the violations attributed to members of the anti-balaka group, on 23 October 2015, a shopkeeper was beaten up in Bossangoa by an anti-balaka fighter on the pretext that she was dressed like a member of an ex-Séléka faction. On 16 January 2016, members of the anti-balaka group under the command of Franco Yagbingui allegedly killed a 15-yearold boy during an attack on the village of Ngouvota. 45. Members of armed groups reportedly continue to rape women and girls with impunity. On 23 February, four armed men affiliated with the Révolution et Justice (Revolution and Justice) movement gang-raped a 14-year-old girl who was returning home on foot in the village of Pende (Ouham) before attacking her with machetes. On 26 February, an anti-balaka leader raped a pregnant 25-year-old woman in the Batangafo (Ouham) camp for displaced persons before beating up her husband and two other people who were trying to protect her. MINUSCA subsequently arrested the culprit. 3 4 5 8 S/2015/918, para. 18. See also the last report of the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic, which mentions that 79 civilians were killed and 512 injured during this period (S/2015/936, para. 9). Report entitled “Violations and abuses of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law committed in Bangui, Central African Republic, between 26 September and 20 October 2015”. Available at the following address https://minusca.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/ bangui_report_final_final_french_.pdf (consulted on 15 July 2016). Ibid., para. 26. GE.16-12727