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 1 April: 15 killed
Baghdad: 5 killed.
Falluja: 2 by shelling.
Mosul: 6 by gunfire, IEDs.
Mussayab: 1 by AED.
Baiji: 1 body.
Monday 31 March: 30 killed
Falluja: 8 killed by shelling.
Baghdad: 6 by gunfire, IED.
Khalis: 3 by gunfire.
Tikrit: 2 policemen by IED.
Haditha: 2 by gunfire.
Baiji: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Balad: 1 policeman by IED.
Fadhiliya: 1 policeman by car bomb.
Mosul: 2 by gunfire, IED.
Wasit: 1 by gunfire.
Basra: 1 by gunfire.
Heet: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Arab Jabour: 1 Sahwa member by IED.
MARCH TOTAL: 1,009 CIVILIANS KILLED.
OVER 3,000 KILLED SO FAR THIS YEAR.
Sunday 30 March: 20 killed
Ramadi: 3 policemen by car bomb.
Baghdad: 4 by gunfire, IED.
Tikrit: 4 by IEDs.
Mosul: 1 doctor by gunfire.
Qayyara: 2 policemen by IED.
Taji: 1 by gunfire.
Qaim: 2 bodies.
Arab Jabour: 1 by gunfire.
Jalawla: 2 by gunfire.
MARCH CASUALTIES SO FAR: 979 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Saturday 29 March: 32 killed
Falluja: 15 by shelling.
Baghdad: 4 by gunfire, IEDs.
Baquba: 2 by gunfire.
Mosul: 2 by gunfire.
Shirqat: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Qaim: 1 body.
Basra: 1 body.
Haditha: 1 body.
Haditha-Heet road: 2 by gunfire.
Tikrit: 1 by IED.
Nineveh: 2 policemen by IED.
MARCH CASUALTIES SO FAR: 959 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Friday 28 March: 10 killed
Baghdad: 5 by bombs, gunfire.
Anbar: 5 by shelling, clashes.
MARCH CASUALTIES SO FAR: 927 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Thursday 27 March: 42 killed
Baghdad: 26 by car bombs.
Mosul: 4 by gunfire.
Balad-Samarra road: 4 by IED.
Tikrit: 4 by gunfire, AED.
Tabbana: 1 policeman in clashes.
Alzgartah: 1 woman by gunfire.
Al Riyadh: 1 Sahwa member by AED.
Baiji: 1 by gunfire.
MARCH CASUALTIES SO FAR: 917 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Wednesday 26 March: 20 killed
Baghdad: 3 by gunfire.
Mosul: 5 by gunfire, IED.
Baiji: 3 by car bomb.
Falluja: 4 by shelling.
Tal Afar: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Shirqat: 2 policemen by gunfire.
Muqdadiya: 1 policeman by IED.
Baquba: 1 woman by shelling.
MARCH CASUALTIES SO FAR: 875 CIVILIANS KILLED.