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
Saturday 3 July: 3 killed
Baghdad: 3 by bomb
Friday 2 July: 3 killed
Ramadi: 1 by gunfire
Mandili: 2 killed
Thursday 1 July: 8 killed
Baghdad: 1 by bomb, 1 by bomb
Falluja: 1 by bomb
Aziziya: 1 by gunfire
Samarra: 1 by bomb
Kirkuk: 1 by gunfire
Mosul: 2 by gunfire
Wednesday 30 June: 13 killed
Baghdad: 2 by gunfire
Mosul: 1 by bomb, 1 by bomb
Kirkuk: 1 by gunfire, 1 body found
Baquba: 1 by bomb
Hit: 6 by gunfire and bombs
June 1-30: 379 total killed
Tuesday 29 June: 17 killed
Baghdad: 1 by bomb, 1 by bomb, 1 beheaded
Mosul: 1 by gunfire, 1 by gunfire
Khalis: 4 by gunfire
Baiji: 5 by bomb, 1 by gunfire
Hit: 1 by bomb
Basra: 1 body found
Monday 28 June: 10 killed
Baghdad: 2 by bomb, 2 by bomb, 3 by gunfire
Dawr: 2 by mortar
Mosul: 1 body found
Sunday 27 June: 4 killed
Baghdad: 1 by bomb
Mosul: 1 by gunfire, 1 by gunfire, 1 by gunfire