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 24 January: 33 killed
Baghdad: 20 killed in bomb explosions.
Tahous: 3 by IEDs.
Tuz Khurmato: 2 by IEDs.
Ramadi: 2 by IED.
Shirqat: 1 by IED.
Mosul: 1 by gunfire, 1 body found.
Khaldiya: 2 policemen by gunfire.
Deli Abbas: 1 body.
January casualties so far: 354 civilians killed.
Monday 23 January: 7 killed
Rashid: 1 Sahwa member by gunfire.
Ninewa: 3 border guards by gunfire.
Hammam al -Alil: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Iskandariya: 1 Sahwa member by gunfire.
Baiji: 1 Sahwa member by IED.
January casualties so far: 321 civilians killed.
Sunday 22 January: 6 killed
Mosul: 3 in separate incidents.
Baquba: 3 at checkpoint, by gunfire.
January casualties so far: 314 civilians killed.
Saturday 21 January: 7 killed.
Mosul: 2 by gunfire.
Hawija: 1 by gunfire.
Baiji: 1 Sahwa member by IED.
Falluja: 1 by IED.
Baghdad: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Hilla: 1 body in river.
January casualties so far: 308 civilians killed.
Friday 20 January: 5 killed
Hawija: 2 by IED.
Qadisiya: 1 by gunfire.
Mosul: 2 by gunfire.
January casualties so far: 301 civilians killed.
Thursday 19 January: 1 killed.
Mosul: 1 by gunfire.
January casualties so far: 296 civilians killed
Wednesday 18 January: 12 killed
Latifiya: 4 (father and sons) by gunfire.
Tuz Khurmato: 1 by gunfire.
Mosul: 2 policemen by IED, 1 Shabak by gunfire.
Kirkuk: 1 body.
Samarra: 1 Sahwa member by gunfire.
Baghdad: 1 traffic policeman by gunfire.
Jalawla: 1 by gunfire.
January casualties so far: 295 civilians killed.