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 11 September: 3 killed
Abbasi: 2 killed in armed attack.
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Sadr City.
Monday 10 September: 15 killed
Baghdad: 5 women and men killed inside a house in armed attack, in Zafaraniya;
1 killed by gunmen in Hawr Rajab.
Taji: 1 body found.
Canaan: 1 policeman killed by gunmen.
Khanaqin: 4 Kurdish men kidnapped and executed.
Haditha: 2 killed by suicide bomber outside hospital.
Kirkuk: 1 killed in drive-by shooting.
Saturday 8 September: 67 killed
Mosul: 35 bodies found in mass grave;
20 bodies found in mass grave.
Basra: 7 bodies of young men found with gunshot wounds.
Erbil: 5 killed in bombing attack.
Friday 7 September: 8 killed
Basra: 7 demonstrators killed.
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Nahrawan.
Thursday 6 September: 28 killed
Mosul: 7 bodies recovered in the old city;
6 family members killed in booby-trapped house.
Baquba: 9 killed at funeral by gunmen.
Basra: 2 demonstrators killed.
Chalabi: 1 killed by gunmen.
Hit: 1 killed by IED.
Abdullah Bin Ali: 2 killed by gunmen inside their car.
Wednesday 5 September: 3 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Diyala Bridge;
1 body found in the east.
Basra: 1 demonstrator shot in the head.
Tuesday 4 September: 9 killed
Basra: 5 demonstrators killed by gunfire and grenade explosion, by security forces.
Mosul: 2 (mother and child) killed by gunmen in their home.
Taji: 1 body found.
Abu Karma: 1 farmer killed by IED.