Content_paragraphs:  Intercommunal tensions between the Bira and Hema communities continued to
  
  increase in the wake of FPIC attacks on civilians. Between 2 December 2020 and
  
  2 February 2021, over 55 incidents were attributed to FPIC, resulting in the killing of
  
  at least 37 civilians, including at least 4 women. Moreover, FPIC continued looting,
  
  torching homes, abducting civilians and recruiting members. These incidents
  
  triggered an increase in retaliatory attacks in the Irumu and Djugu territories by Zaire,
  
  an armed group mostly composed of young people from the Hema community.