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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 10 January: 2 killed

Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Jihad;
1 child killed by gunmen in Dora.

Monday 9 January: 4 killed

Baghdad: 1 body found in Rashid.

Muqdadiya: 1 policeman killed in IS attack.

Saadiya: 2 (a mukhtar and his son) executed by IS, more than a year after they were abducted.

Sunday 8 January: 2 killed

Al-Khair: 1 young man killed in clan conflict.

Qalaat Saleh: 1 young man killed in clan conflict.

Saturday 7 January: 1 killed

Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Rashad.

Friday 6 January: 1 killed

Amara: 1 lawyer killed in clan conflict.

Thursday 5 January: 4 killed

Baghdad: 1 body found in Shula;
1 killed in armed conflict in Obaidi.

Amara: 2 killed in clan conflict.

Wednesday 4 January: 1 killed

Diyala: 1 body found. The young man had been kidnapped from Baquba.