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.