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
Wednesday 20 September: 38 killed
Banah, Anbar: 2 killed by car bomb "in a beautiful neighbourhood"
Khan Dari near Abu Ghraib: 1 killed, 4 wounded by roadside bomb
Tal Afar: 25 bodies found in a mass execution grave
Border area of Amadiyah district, Dohuk: 9 civilians killed in Turkish airstrikes
Kreyaat, northeast of Baghdad: 1 alcohol seller killed by IED fitted under his car
Tuesday 19 September: 107 killed
Hajaj: 3 diners killed, up to 39 wounded, by suicide bombers targeting tourist restaurant often frequented by Popular Mobilisation Forces
Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad: 2 killed, 4 wounded by roadside bomb near an industrial complex
Mukhisa village, northeast of Baquba: 1 farmer shot near an orchard by an armed group
Daouk district, south of Kirkuk: 1, a 17-year-old farmer killed by roadside bomb
Zubair district of Basra: 1 young man gunned down by unknown assailants
Tariq neighbourhood of Sadr City, east Baghdad: 1 taxi driver killed by unidentified gunmen using silencers
Rifa'i region, west of Mosul: 7, family killed on return to their booby-trapped house after ousting of ISIS
Ayadh neighbourhood, west Mosul: 40 bodies found in mass grave of police personnel, executed by ISIS, showing signs of torture
Tigris river north of Baghdad: 1 body found of a young man pulled from river, shot in head and chest
Mosul Old City: 50 more bodies of women and children recovered from rubble of the conflict by Civil Defence teams
Monday 18 September: 4 killed
Kirkuk: 1 killed, up to 5 injured by gunfire at pro-referendum youth rally
Nahrawan, southeast of Baghdad: 1 killed, 5 injured by explosion near market
Al-Shahwaniyah district, north of Babylon: 1 body found of a 40-year-old unidentified man, shot in the head
Nasiriyah: 1 body found of a woman of about 20, shot
Sunday 17 September: 7 killed
Muharibeen village west of Mosul: 3 killed, 23 injured, including women and children in booby-trap bomb explosion at a school being used to train pro-government volunteer tribal fighters (of whom up to 12 were also killed)
Seidy Abdullah neighbourhood southern Baghdad: 1 killed, 4 injured in IED explosion targeting shops
Dar Revolution, west of Mosul: 2, the headless bodies of a husband and wife found
Alexandria, north of Babylon: 1 body found of a woman in her fifties with wounds
Saturday 16 September: 23 killed
al-Adan neighbourhood, Kirkuk: 3 killed, 10 injured by late-night car bomb outside alcohol seller's shop
Akashat, western Anbar: 6 members of popular mobilisation force by IED
Tal-Afar or Qaim: 2 deserters executed by ISIS
Muqdadiyah, northeast of Diyala: 2, a civilian and a police officer killed, 7 others injured by suicide bomber attack near shopping mall
al-Jihad neighbourhood, western Baghdad: 1 government employee by IED placed in his car
Ameriyah, north of Baquba: 1 body found of an unidentified young man, showing signs of hanging, dumped in farmland
North of Baquba: 2 bodies found of men with gunshot wounds to the head and chest
Ramadi: 1 killed, another injured, by roadside bomb
Hawija outskirts: 5 family members of an ISIS militant, including 2 children, killed by roadside bomb while fleeing the city on foot [update]
Friday 15 September: 7 killed
Hor Rajab area, south of Baghdad: 1 killed, 3 wounded by roadside bombe planted near marketplace
Kara Tepe, northeast of Baquba: 1 farmer killed by IED placed on an agricultural road
al-Qaim: 3 young men, accused of collaboration with security forces, executed by ISIS
Radwaniyah, west of Baghdad: 2 members of a tribal group killed in gunfire on their vehicle
Thursday 14 September: 93 killed
Near Nasiriyah: 84 killed, "most of them Iranians" and another 93 wounded, with 19 victims said to be children, in suicide bomber, grenade and gunfire attacks on diners at a restaurant and pilgrims at a checkpoint, claimed by ISIS
al-Sukkar neighbourhood, Mosul: 2 brothers shot by unidentified gunmen near their home
North Babylon: 2 bodies found
Northeast of Baquba: 1 by Peshmerga "warning fire" attempting to force him to stop his car
East Baghdad: 1 body found, shot in head and chest, with signs of torture
Anu, west of Ramadi: 3 member family killed, "including a girl and a woman", 10 others wounded, in aerial bombardment by unidentified warplane