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 26 January: 25 killed
Baghdad: 22 by bomb, 1 by gunfire
Mosul: 1 by gunfire
Nr. Kanan: 1 by bomb
Monday 25 January: 52 killed
Baghdad: 41 by bombs, 2 by gunfire
Kirkuk: 2 by gunfire
Mosul: 2 bodies found, 5 by gunfire
Sunday 24 January: 18 killed
Baghdad: 1 by bomb
Garma: 2 by bomb
Mosul: 6 by bombs
Falluja: 8 bodies found
Al-Kut: Body found
Saturday 23 January: 4 killed
Mosul: 1 by gunfire, 3 bodies found
Friday 22 January: 0 killed
None killed
Thursday 21 January: 3 killed
Baghdad: 2 by gunfire
Jarf al-Sakhr: 1 by bomb
Wednesday 20 January: 9 killed
Baghdad: 3 by gunfire
Kirkuk: 1 by bomb
Baladruz: 1 by bomb
Mosul: 1 by bomb, 2 by gunfire
Jurf al-Sakhar: 1 by bomb