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 10 September: 6 killed
Zawbaa’ village in al-Radwaniyah, SW of Baghdad: 1 killed, 5 others wounded by IED near marketplace
South of Baghdad: 1 killed in armed attack by gunmen with silencers on a motorcycle
Qurna, North of Basra: 1, a 16-year-old boy killed by two gunshots to the heart by unidentified gunmen
Akashat area, western Anbar: 3 young people attempting to flee killed by ISIS
Saturday 9 September: 10 killed
Eastern Baghdad: 3 killed, 3 others wounded, in bomb blast near market
Um Jadayel, north of Baghdad: 1 by IED attached to his car exploding as he heft home
Kirkuk: 1 unidentified body found of a handcuffed man in his thirties, shot
near Camp Ghazlani, south of Mosul: 3 young unidentified people found tortured, shot in head and chest
West of Mosul: 2 bodies of women in their forties found with signs of torture
Friday 8 September: 4 killed
al-Wihda, south of Baghdad: 1 killed, 6 wounded by bomb near marketplace
Hor Rajab, south of Baghdad: 1 unidentified body of a man found dumped on roadside, shot in chest
Kufa, Najaf: 1 assassinated (perpetrator caught and arrested later the same day)
South of Kirkuk: 1 body found of unidentified man shot, hands and legs bound
Thursday 7 September: 24 killed
North of Basra: 1 body found of a 16-year-old boy, riddled with bullets
Central Karbala: 1 body of a man found strangled
Yusufiya south of Baghdad: 1 killed, 4 wounded by IED near fruit and vegetable store
Hawija: 12 citizens held by ISIS executed
Rawa, west Anbar: 7 in a family, "mainly children", in air attack by unidentified warplanes on residential area
Western Anbar: 2 accused of "espionage" executed by ISIS firing squad
Wednesday 6 September: 7 killed
Eastern Mosul area: 3 members of a family (husband, wife, son) gunned down in their home
Taji: 1 killed, up to six wounded by roadside bomb
Mahmudiyah: 1 killed, 4 injured by IED near market
Bob al-Sham, Baghdad: 1 man gunned down near his home
Shawan district, Northwest of Kirkuk: 1 unidentified body found with gunshot wounds
Tuesday 5 September: 6 killed
Suleikh, N Baghdad: 1 body of a many found handcuffed, shot in head and chest
Khan Dhari, Abu Ghraib region: 1 killed, 4 wounded, by IED near marketplace
Najaf: 3 companions of cleric in assassination attempt that left him wounded
Hawija: 1 member executed by ISIS for attempting to turn himself in to Kurdish forces in Kirkuk
Monday 4 September: 9 killed
Sulaymaniyah: 1 unidentified body found
Eastern Baghdad: 1 unidentified body of a woman found by the roadside, shot, with signs of torture
West of Baghdad: 1 killed by roadside bomb, four wounded
Near Sarafiya bridge, Baghdad: 1 body of a man found with gunshot wounds, blindfolded
Ramadi: 5 children among the dead in house containing weapons cache that caught fire