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❖ Between July and September 2025, UNMISS Human Rights Division (HRD) documented 295 incidents of conflictrelated violence affecting 1,153 civilians: 519 killed, 396 injured, 159 abducted, and 79 subjected to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV).
❖ Compared to the previous quarter (April to June 2025), this represents a 12 percent decrease in the number of incidents (from 334 to 295 to) and a 24 percent decrease in the number of victims (from 1,518 to 1,153) documented. Notably, the number of civilians killed and injured decreased by 18 percent (from 635 to 519), and 41 percent (from 676 to 396) respectively, whereas the number of abductions and CRSV increased by 20 percent (from 133 to 159) and seven percent (from 74 to 79), respectively.
❖ Compared to the same quarter in 2024, this represents a 43 percent increase in the number of violent incidents (from 206 to 295), and a 46 percent increase in the number of victims (from 792 to 1,153). Concerningly, the number of civilians killed increased by 74 percent (from 299 to 519), and those injured and subjected to CRSV increased by 28 percent (from 310 to 396) and 147 percent (from 32 to 79) respectively, while the number of abductions increased by five percent (from 151 to 159).
❖ Seventy-two percent of the victims were attributed to community-based militias and/or civil-defense groups, while 21 percent were attributed to the parties to conflict and other armed groups. The remaining seven percent were attributed to unidentified and other opportunistic armed elements.