Content_paragraphs:  MONUSCO verified 217 grave violations against 215 children (35 girls and
  
  180 boys), representing an increase of 13 per cent compared with the previous
  
  reporting period. A total of 16 children (3 girls and 13 boys) were killed or maimed.
  
  Twenty girls were raped or subjected to other forms of sexual violence. Nine rape
  
  cases were attributed to State agents, which represents a drop of 30 per cent compared
  
  with the previous reporting period. Meanwhile, 162 children (12 girls and 150 boys)
  
  escaped or were separated from armed groups. The main armed groups from which
  
  children were separated or escaped were Mai-Mai Mazembe (32 boys and 2 girls),
  
  CODECO (22 boys and 2 girls), and Mai-Mai Biloze, a group based in the Bafuliro
  
  community and operating in the Hauts Plateaux of South Kivu (20 boys and 1 girl).
  
  Of the children being used in conflict, 46 have been voluntarily released by armed
  
  groups leaders who have signed a unilateral commitment to end and prevent child
  
  recruitment and other grave violations.