A/HRC/24/59 E. Sexual and gender-based violence 64. The mission heard accounts from victims, witnesses and family members and received reports from reliable non-governmental organizations and medical sources that indicated that the Séléka committed sexual violence, both in Bangui and in some provinces, after they seized power. 65. The mission had the opportunity to meet with two medical sources in Bangui. One of them had registered 79 cases of rape mainly by the Séléka after 24 March 2013, including children between 5 and 8 years of age. Around 60 per cent of victims were raped in Bangui and 40 per cent around the village of Damara and on the axis Damara-Boali. According to another medical source in Bangui, 38 women treated in the health centre, including three children, had allegedly been raped by members of the Séléka between February and the beginning of July 2013. 66. In Bangui alone, the mission received 29 testimonies and reports of rape by the Séléka committed in eight different neighbourhoods. Different sources reported that, between 13 and 16 April 2013, several women, including girls aged between 12 and 14 years, were raped in the neighbourhood of Boy-Rabe known to be pro-Bozizé. One source referred to the alleged rape of seven women, while another reported a case of rape of four women, on 14 April, and of a 12-year old girl, on 15 April. The mission interviewed a woman raped in the same neighbourhood on 17 April. It also received information on cases of rape during its field visits to the villages of Mbaïki, Damara, Kaga-Bandoro and Sibut. 67. The mission was aware that the cases reported represented only a fraction of actual cases of sexual violence, since many victims do not report these crimes for fear of retaliation or stigmatization. Many victims of sexual or gender-based violence who consequently sought medical treatment required surgery. Several of them became pregnant, suffered a miscarriage or contracted sexually-transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, as a result of sexual violence. F. Grave violations committed against children 1. Killings involving children 68. Information received by the mission suggested that many children had been killed or maimed by the Séléka. The mission documented several cases of summary execution. In one particular case, the victim, a 14-year old boy arrested on 22 June 2013 and tortured at the Bataillon de soutien et de service, was found dead among other victims in the M’Poko River two days later. 69. In Bangui alone, the mission was informed by medical sources that about 84 injured children had been admitted to hospital from March to June 2013,. The causes of injuries varied from road accidents caused by the Séléka, stray bullets, shelling, grenades or, in most cases, deliberate attempts to kill the children. Some victims were forced to undergo amputation as a result of their injuries. 70. The events in Boy-Rabe on 14 April 2013, when two rockets hit the Eglise évangélique des Frères de Cité Jean XXIII, killing seven people and injuring 35 others, were documented by BINUCA. The mission was able to collect additional testimonies from medical sources and victims. Of the 35 injured, four children aged 5 or 6 years had to undergo amputation; three of one leg, and one of both legs. 14