Content_paragraphs:  The security situation deteriorated in the Hauts Plateaux of Minembwe, amid 
  
  persistent inter-ethnic strife. FARDC reduced the rate of its operations owing to the 
  
  redeployment of units outside South Kivu and logistical challenges. Seven of the eight 
  
  territories in South Kivu were affected by harassment, looting, razing of dwellings, 
  
  cattle rustling and attacks against civilians by armed groups. The Hauts Plateaux of 
  
  Fizi, Mwenga and Uvira territories, comprising the zones of Bijombo, Mikenge and 
  
  Minembwe were the most insecure areas in South Kivu, with 131 attacks against 
  
  
  
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  civilians recorded, resulting in at least 38 civilians killed (including 15 women and 1 
  
  child) and 22 injured. The situation deteriorated further following the official 
  
  installation of a member of the Banyamulenge community as the mayor of 
  
  Minembwe, which triggered demonstrations led by members of the Babembe, 
  
  Bafuliro and Banyindu communities. In Bijombo, internally displaced persons 
  
  remained the target of opportunistic attacks by armed mili tias. Five direct attacks 
  
  against internally displaced persons resulted in 8 civilians killed or wounded, mostly 
  
  women, in addition to 18 cases of rape and sexual violence. In the territory of Fizi, 
  
  four humanitarian workers were kidnapped.