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 13 February: 5 killed
Mosul: 1 shepherd killed by gunmen.
Mussayib: 4 bodies found.
Friday 11 February: 1 killed
Karbala: 1 child's body found.
Thursday 10 February: 4 killed
Al-Aziz: 1 young man killed by gunmen.
Al-Kahla: 1 policeman killed in clashes.
Basra: 1 killed in clashes.
Erbil: 1 killed by gunmen.
Wednesday 9 February: 1 killed
Abu Saida: 1 farmer killed by gunmen.
Tuesday 8 February: 5 killed
Dora: 1 child killed by hand grenade.
Rutba: 1 killed in IED explosion that targeted soldiers.
Nasiriyah: 1 body found with bullet wounds.
Baghdad: 1 foreign worker killed by gunmen in Al-Nahda;
1 man killed by Counter-Terrorism police in Dora.
Friday 4 February: 2 killed
Mosul: 2 killed by gunmen.
Thursday 3 February: 2 killed
Amarah: 1 policeman killed in armed attack.
Baghdad: 1 man killed by gunmen in Baladiyat.