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
Sunday 25 September: 71 killed.
Baghdad: 20 by IEDs, gunfire, suicide bombers; 4 bodies.
Shirqat: 19 bodies found inside prison.
Mosul: 17 executed.
Qayyarah: 5 by missiles.
Taji: 1 by gunfire.
Bour: 2 by IED.
Abu Saida: 2 in clashes.
Basra: 1 by gunfire.
Saturday 24 September: 65 killed.
Ninewa: 25 executed.
Mosul: 11 by coalition air strikes; 3 executed.
Tikrit: 10 by suicide bombers, car bomb, gunfire.
Hawija: 3 executed.
Baghdad: 6 by IEDs, gunfire.
Abu Saida: 1 by gunfire.
Taji: 1 by IED.
Yusufiya: 2 by IED, gunfire.
Muqdadiya: 1 body.
Baquba: 1 by AED.
Mahmudiya: 1 body.
Friday 23 September: 18 killed.
Baghdad: 9 by IEDs, gunfire.
Hawija: 3 executed.
Abu Ghraib: 2 by mortars.
Hit: 1 by mortars.
Nahrawan: 2 by IED.
Abu Saida: 1 by gunfire.
Thursday 22 September: 15 killed
Baghdad: 7 by IEDs; 1 body.
Mosul: 6 executed.
Abu Saida: 1 in clashes.
Wednesday 21 September: 14 killed.
Baghdad: 7 by IEDs, gunfire; 3 bodies.
Mosul: 3 executed.
Abu Ghraib: 1 by IED.
Tuesday 20 September: 21 killed
Mosul: 11 executed.
Baaj: 4 executed.
Baghdad: 4 by IEDs, gunfire.
Taji: 1 body.
Mahmudiya: 1 by IED.
Monday 19 September : 27 killed
Baghdad: 7 by gunfire, IEDs; 2 bodies.
Qayyarah: 6 executed.
Warka desert: 1 body.
Hawija: 1 by IED.
Hit: 1 by mortars.
Sikanaan: 1 body.
Yusufiya: 2 by IED.
Madain: 3 by IED.
Baquba: 2 by IED.
Abu Ghraib: 1 by IED.