Iraq Body Count (IBC) is an analytical project, not a news portal. Our procedure is to collect and reconcile every available, distinct report about each incident. For larger events, stories may run into the dozens and continue to emerge for days or weeks. This, and the inexorable rise in daily violent incidents, means that there is a considerable gap between the initial reporting of events and their first appearance in the IBC database.
However, we obtain an early impression of events within about 48 hours of first reports. This page provides our news gatherer's account of such recent events, but please keep in mind that these are not our final database entries. Rather, they should be considered an early update on civilian casualties.
Recent Events
Tuesday 31 January: 7 killed
Buhriz: 1 by gunfire.
Mosul: 1 by gunfire.
Zanjali: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Sada Baawiza: 2 by IEDs.
Mussayab: 1 by AED.
Haswa: 1 by IED.
JANUARY TOTAL: 458 CIVILIANS KILLED
Monday 30 January: 6 killed
Baquba: 1 policeman by IED.
Mosul: 3 by gunfire.
Basra: 2 policemen by hand grenade.
January casualties so far: 451 civilians killed.
Sunday 29 January: 8 killed
Samarra: 1 by gunfire, 2 Sahwa members by gunfire.
Arab Jabbar: 1 Sahwa member by gunfire.
Al-Matahin: 2 by gunfire.
Baghdad: 1 by IED.
Muqdadiya: 1 by AED.
January casualties so far: 445 civilians killed.
Saturday 28 January: 4 killed.
Garma: 2 by gunfire.
Mahaweel: 1 by AED.
Tuz Khurmato: 1 by gunfire.
January casualties so far: 437 civilians killed.
Friday 27 January: 41 killed
Baghdad: 35 killed in bomb attacks, gunfire.
Mosul: 2 by gunfire.
Sinjar: 2 by gunfire.
Akbusaif: 1 by gunfire.
Saadiya: 1 body found.
January casualties so far: 433 civilians killed.
Thursday 26 January: 30 killed.
Baghdad: 9 killed by gunfire, bombs.
Mosul: 2 killed by gunfire, AED, 3 bodies found.
Garma: 1 Sahwa leader, by gunfire.
Kirkuk: 4 by bombs.
Heet: 1 preacher, by AED.
Mussayab: 10 family members by bombs.
January casualties so far: 392 civilians killed.
Wednesday 25 January: 8 killed
Baghdad: 1 Sahwa leader, by gunfire.
Kirkuk: 2 brothers, by gunfire, 2 by AED.
Mosul: 2 brothers, by gunfire, 1 barber shop customer, by gunfire.
January casualties so far: 362 civilians killed.