Content_paragraphs:  Between 1 February and 1 June, MINUSCA received reports of 218 incidents
  
  of conflict-related sexual violence, 79 of which have been verified, a significant
  
  increase from 51 incidents in the previous reporting period. The 218 incidents, mostly
  
  rapes, affected at least 262 victims (141 women and 121 girls). Among the total
  
  number of allegations, 165 involved armed groups, 6 incidents were attributed to the
  
  national defence forces, and 9 incidents, affecting five women and eight girls , were
  
  attributed to bilaterally deployed and other security personnel. Medical, psychosocial
  
  and legal services for survivors, which were suspended as a result of electoral
  
  violence, began to be reopened across the country.