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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 7 April: 51 dead

Baghdad: 9 killed in US air strike, Amin; 4 killed in US air strike, Sadr City; gunman kills student at school playground; 9 killed in clashes, Sadr City; 4 bodies.

Basra
Basra: 8 are killed in house when bomb explodes; roadside bomb targeting General kills 2 bodyguards; 7 bodies.

Salahuddin
Dhuluiya: 2 -father and son (Abboud Hussein Yassin and Falah Yassin)- are killed by US forces in their house.

Ninewa
Hadhar: gunmen kill mayor's wife.

Diyala
Khalis: gunmen kill clan chief and his 3 sons.

Sunday 6 April: 39 dead

Baghdad: mortar kills 1, Palestine street; up to 16 civilians reported killed in clashes, including family of 5 (3 ch. and their parents), Sadr City; 5 bodies.

Diyala
Buhriz: roadside bomb kills 1.
Muqdadiya: mass grave containing 15 bodies is found.

Kirkuk
Kirkuk-Sulaimaniya: woman's body found.

Saturday 5 April: 36 dead

Baghdad: 3 die in bus explosion; gunmen kill priest, Karrada; mortar kills 1, Jurf al Naddaf; gunmen kill policeman, Zayuna; 7 bodies.

Ninewa
Mosul: civilian is killed in drive-by shooting; 3 bodies.

Diyala
Khanaqin: gunmen kill 4 policemen; 4 decapitated bodies found.

Wassit
Kut: engineer's body found.

Babil
Iskandariya: 2 bodies.

Salahuddin
Samarra: 7 Sahwa killed in clashes.

Friday 4 April: 45 dead

Baghdad: gunmen kill policeman, Mahmudiya; 2 bodies.

Diyala
Himreen: policeman is killed; suicide bomber kills 20 at policeman's funeral.
Muqdadiya: 2 bodies.

Babil
Mussayab: roadside bomb kills 3 policemen.
Hilla: roadside bomb kills 4 policemen; body found.

Salahuddin
Samarra: 1 Sahwa member killed by gunman.
Tribal leader and 6 of his bodyguards killed at security station.

Ninewa
Mosul: policeman is killed by bomb; 2 bodies.


Thursday 3 April: 18 dead

Baghdad: car bomb kills 3, Harthiya; 1 Sahwa killed by roadside bomb, Mahmudiya; 2 bodies.

Salahuddin
Samarra: roadside bomb kills 5 policemen.

Babil
Jurf al-Sakhar: 1 killed in bomb explosion.
Hilla: US air strike kills 5.

Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills policeman.

Wednesday 2 April: 54 dead

Baghdad: gunmen kill 2 women riding in a car; roadside bomb kills 3, Talbiya; mortar kills 2 children and their grandmother, Sadr City; 2 bodies.

Salahuddin
Kubeiba: gunmen kill policeman.
Dhuluiya: gunmen kill 4 at fake checkpoint.

Diyala
Mandli: roadside bomb kills 3.
Sadiya: roadside bomb kills woman.
Muqdadiya: roadside bomb kills 8 policemen; bomb kills interpreter working with US forces; policeman's body found.
Wajihiya: roadside bomb kills 2 policemen.

Ninewa
Mosul: suicide truck bomber kills 7; car bomb kills woman; 2 bodies.
Baaj: gunmen kill 3.

Kirkuk
Kirkuk: policeman is killed in drive-by shooting; body found.

Basra
Basra: 2 bodyguards killed in bomb attack against Defence Ministry official; US air strike kills 6.

Tuesday 1 April: 34 dead

Baghdad: US air strike kills 3, Sadr City; teacher is killed in drive-by shooting, Mahmudiya; 2 bodies.

Ninewa
Shirqat: roadside bomb kills 8 Sahwa; gunmen kill 6 Sahwa at checkpoint; suicide car bomber kills 1 Sahwa.
Mosul: gunmen kill lawyer; 2 students' bodies found.

Salahuddin
Samarra: gunmen kill 6 Sahwa at checkpoint.

Kirkuk
Kirkuk: suicide bomber kills 1.

Thi Qar
Nassiriya: 3 policemen killed in clashes.

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