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
Thursday 30 November: 1 killed
Baghdad: 1 body found with signs of torture and gunshot wounds in Shaab.
Wednesday 29 November: 9 killed
Baghdad: 1 council member assassinated in Tarmiya; 1 body found with knife wounds in Husseiniya.
Aden: 2 killed by car bomb outside the Ministry of Finance.
Taji: 1 killed in armed attack inside house.
Mosul: 2, father and son, killed by IED; 1 owner of liquor store shot.
Canaan: 1 young man's body found with stab wounds.
Tuesday 28 November: 18 killed
Tuz Khurmato: 9 prisoners reported dead after being tortured.
Baghdad: 2 killed by IED at a market in Tarmiya; 1 former Sahwa member by AED under his car in Roj Rajab; 1 Ministry of Electricity employee shot near Diyala Bridge.
Basra: 1 young man shot in Zubayr.
Shatt al-Hillah: 1 body found.
Diwaniya: 1 killed in drive-by shooting.
Hillah: 1 man died of knife wounds.
Madain: 1 killed by gunmen.
Monday 27 November: 18 killed
Baghdad: 17 killed by gunmen and suicide bomber in Nahrawan.
Karma: 1 woman killed in IED explosion.
Sunday 26 November: 2 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by IED in Nahrawan; 1 Ministry of Defence employee by AED under his car.
Saturday 25 November: 5 killed
Rawa: 3 killed by IED inside hospital building.
Baghdad: 1 by IED in Tobji; 1 body found bound and shot in Umm al-Jadayel.
Friday 24 November: 2 killed
Yusufiya: 1 killed by IED.
Baghdad: 1 shop owner killed by gunmen in the north of the city.