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 30 June: 38 dead
Tameem
Kirkuk: car bomb kills 33.
Salahuddin
Shirqat: gunmen kill 1.
Tikrit: 3 bodies found.
Babil
Iskandariya: 1 body found.
JUNE TOTAL: 517 civilians killed, including 62 children.
Monday 29 June: 12 dead
Ninewa
Hammam al Aleel: roadside bomb kills 2.
Hamdaniya: car bomb kills 9.
Diyala
Jalawla: gunmen kill policeman.
Sunday 28 June: 15 dead
Baghdad: 7 killed by bombs.
Anbar
Ramadi: bomb attached to car kills driver; roadside bomb kills driver.
Diyala
Khanaqin: roadside bomb kills 1.
Hamrin Dam: gunmen kill Sahwa member.
Ninewa
Mosul: 4 bodies found.
Saturday 27 June: 7 dead
Baghdad: bomb kills 1, Risala.
Babil
Al-Hamza al-Garbi: 1 killed in clashes.
2 bodies found.
Ninewa
Mosul: 2 killed in shootings.
Salahuddin
Dhuluiya: bomb attached to car kills driver.
Friday 26 June: 20 dead
Baghdad: bombs kill 20.
Thursday 25 June: 14 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 5.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 16-year-old boy; roadside bomb kills 1; 1 body found.
Anbar
Shamiya: roadside bomb kills 5 policemen.
Falluja: roadside bomb kills policeman.
Wednesday 24 June: 86 dead
Baghdad: booby-trapped motorcycle kills 78, Sadr City; roadside bombs kill 2;
Ninewa
Mosul: 2 policemen killed in separate incidents; 1 body found.
Anbar
Falluja: roadside bomb kills 2 policemen; 1 body found.