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