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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

Monday 21 April: 23 dead

Baghdad: 6 die in clashes, Zayuna; roadside bomb kills 1, Zayuna; 4 bodies.

Diyala
Baquba: suicide bomber kills 4.
Awashiq: gunmen kill 1.

Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill lawyer; 2 bodies.

Basra
Basra: gunmen kill councillor; cleric dies after being shot a week ago.

Kirkuk
Kirkuk: 1 dies in explosion.

Salahuddin
Suleiman Pek: gunmen kill policeman.

Sunday 20 April: 102 dead

Baghdad: mortars kill 2, Kadhimiya; 10 die in clashes (4 of them children), Sadr City; 2 policemen are killed by bomb on bicycle, Abu Ghraib; roadside bomb kills 1, Baladiyat; roadside bomb kills child, New Baghdad; roadside bomb kills 3 policemen, New Baghdad; 6 bodies.

Qadissiya
Diwaniya: roadside bomb kills 2.

Diyala
Muqdadiya: gunmen kill 2; mass grave containing 30 bodies is found.
Wajihiya: 3 die in drive-by shooting.
Baquba: gunmen kill 1 at fake checkpoint.
Khalis: 2 killed by bomb explosion; 3 die in US air strikes.
Albu Tuma: mass grave containing 27 bodies is found.

Kirkuk
Kirkuk: gunmen kill Sahwa member and his son.
Rashad: 2 bodies.

Salahuddin
Sulaiman Pak: gunmen kill policeman.

Ninewa
Sinjar: 2 bodies (council member and his brother) are found.


WEEKLY TOTAL: 505 CIVILIANS KILLED/FOUND DEAD -the highest weekly total this year

Saturday 19 April: 38 dead

Baghdad: 3 women during US air strikes/clashes, Sadr City; US forces kill civilian, Ur; 1 body found.

Kirkuk
Kirkuk: car bomb kills 1; roadside bomb kills policeman.

Dhi Qar
Nasiriya: 4 policemen killed in clashes.

Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills 2; roadside bomb kills 1; US air strike kills 4; 2 bodies.

Diyala
Baquba: roadside bomb kills child.

Qadissiya
Diwaniya: 16 decapitated bodies found (heads were found in plastic bags).

Babil
Mussayab: body found.

Friday 18 April: 16 dead

Baghdad: bomb kills 1 in car, Binook; mortars kill 1; 2 children killed by roadside bomb, Tarmiya; 1 doctor killed on her way to work, Sadr City; 2 bodies.

Diyala
Ibrahim al-Salih: roadside bomb kills 6 members of the same family.
Kanaan: roadside bomb kills 1.

Ninewa
Mosul: 2 bodies.

Thursday 17 April: 162 dead

Baghdad: 4 killed by US forces, Sadr City; roadside bomb kills 2 policemen, Zafaraniya; Dora council member killed by gunmen; 6 killed by roadside bomb, Adhamiya; 4 bodies; 51 bodies found in mass grave, Mahmudiya.

Diyala
Adhaim: suicide bomber kills 55 at funeral.
Muqdadiya: 32 bodies found in mass grave.

Basra
Basra: gunmen trying to assassinate police chief kill his bodyguard; gunmen kill 2 policemen.

Ninewa
Mosul: woman is shot dead by Peshmerga; 3 bodies found.

Wednesday 16 April: 16 dead

Baghdad: mortar kills 3, Karrada; rockets kill 1, Rusafa; 4 bodies.

Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills 1; father and daughter shot dead by US forces during clashes; 1 body found.

Diyala
Muqdadiya: gunmen kill 2 in minibus.
Adhaim: 2 members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood security unit killed.

Tuesday 15 April: 102 dead

Baghdad: car bomb kills 3, Alwiyah; roadside bomb kills 2 street cleaners, Karrada; US air strikes kill 2 boys, Sadr City; 3 bodies.

Diyala
Baquba: car bomb kills 53 (12 children are among the dead).
Wajihiya: gunmen kill 2 men in a car.

Anbar
Ramadi: suicide car bomber kills 14.

Karbala
Karbala: gunmen kill 5; 5 bodies.

Basra
Basra: cleric's bodyguard killed by gunmen in drive-by shooting targeting cleric; gunmen kill civilian in separate incident.

Ninewa
Mosul: car bombs kill 4; gunmen kill 3 members of the same family in their home; gunmen shoot dead female lawyer and her sister; gunmen kill civilian in separate incident; schoolgirl is shot in the head by stray bullet while sitting in classroom.


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