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
Friday 29 December: 9 killed
Ishaqi: 4 brothers killed by armed group.
Baghdad: 2 killed by gunfire, including a child; 1 body found in Saba al-Bour.
Samarra: 1 by gunfire.
Basra: 1 by IED.
Thursday 28 December: 3 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by AED.
Amadiyah: 1 killed by Turkish airstrikes.
Qara Tabah: 1 killed in armed attack.
Wednesday 27 December: 5 killed
Kirkuk: 2 intelligence officers killed in drive-by shooting.
Madain: 1 Sahwa member killed by IED.
Habhab: 1 policeman shot by unknown gunmen.
Hilla: 1 shot dead outside prison after release.
Tuesday 26 December: 11 killed
Sarkran: 3 bodies of abducted people found.
Babil: 3 killed by armed group.
Hilla: 1 by armed group.
Mussayib: 1 lawyer by armed group.
Mosul: 1 body found of elderly man.
Baghdad: 1 body found.
Mahmudiya: 1 body found.
Monday 25 December: 6 killed
Dibs: 3 bodies of people that had been abducted found buried.
Baghdad: 1 body found at the east of the city; 1 taxi driver stabbed.
Taji: 1 body found.
Sunday 24 December: 12 killed
Birima: 2 bodies found.
Hawija: 2 , a policeman and his son, killed by gunmen.
Muhannija: 2 shot at wedding.
Kirkuk: 2, a tribal elder and his wife, shot at fake checkpoint.
Mosul: 2 killed by unknown gunmen.
Baghdad: 1 killed by IED at a market.
Qaim: 1 shepherd by landmine.
Saturday 23 December: 2 killed
Baghdad: 1 woman's body found with stab wounds in Amin.
Abu Saida: 1 killed by unknown gunmen.