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 17 January: 9 killed
Mosul: 3 policemen by IED.
Al-Mashahda: 3 by gunfire.
Tuz Khurmato: 1 by gunfire.
Baquba: 1 by AED.
Baghdad: 1 by gunfire.
January casualties so far: 283 civilians killed.
Monday 16 January: 17 killed
Mosul: 9 by car bomb.
Qayara: 3 policemen by IED.
Hilla: 4 by car bomb.
Baquba: 1 by AED.
January casualties so far: 274 civilians killed.
Sunday 15 January: 14 killed
Ramadi: 9 by IEDs and gunfire.
Baiji: 1 by car bomb.
Hammam al-Alil: 2 by gunfire.
Basweta: 2 policemen by IED.
January casualties so far: 257 civilians killed.
Saturday 14 January: 69 killed.
Basra: 64 by suicide bomber.
Garma: 1 by car bomb.
Tikrit: 1 policeman by IED.
Mosul: 3 policemen by IED.
January casualties so far: 243 civilians killed.
Friday 13 January: 7 killed
Kirkuk: 2 in separate bomb explosions.
Hammam al -Alil: 1 policeman by IED.
Khanaqin: 1 body.
Latifiya: 2 by IED.
Mosul: 1 policeman by IED.
January casualties so far: 174 civilians killed
Thursday 12 January: 4 killed.
Mosul: 2 by gunfire.
Kifl: 1 by car bomb.
Baghdad/Latifiya: 1 by IED.
January casualties so far: 167 civilians killed.
Wednesday 11 January: 6 killed
Baghdad: 2 policemen by gunfire.
Saadiya: 3 policemen by gunfire.
Hit: 1 mayor by gunfire.