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
Wednesday 6 September: 7 killed
Eastern Mosul area: 3 members of a family (husband, wife, son) gunned down in their home
Taji: 1 killed, up to six wounded by roadside bomb
Mahmudiyah: 1 killed, 4 injured by IED near market
Bob al-Sham, Baghdad: 1 man gunned down near his home
Shawan district, Northwest of Kirkuk: 1 unidentified body found with gunshot wounds
Tuesday 5 September: 6 killed
Suleikh, N Baghdad: 1 body of a many found handcuffed, shot in head and chest
Khan Dhari, Abu Ghraib region: 1 killed, 4 wounded, by IED near marketplace
Najaf: 3 companions of cleric in assassination attempt that left him wounded
Hawija: 1 member executed by ISIS for attempting to turn himself in to Kurdish forces in Kirkuk
Monday 4 September: 9 killed
Sulaymaniyah: 1 unidentified body found
Eastern Baghdad: 1 unidentified body of a woman found by the roadside, shot, with signs of torture
West of Baghdad: 1 killed by roadside bomb, four wounded
Near Sarafiya bridge, Baghdad: 1 body of a man found with gunshot wounds, blindfolded
Ramadi: 5 children among the dead in house containing weapons cache that caught fire
Sunday 3 September: 18 killed
Radwaniyah, SW of Baghdad: 1 body of unidentified man found shot
Annah, Qaim and Rawa towns, western Anbar: 16 youths executed by ISIS
al-Akhaa area east of Mosul: 1 man shot dead by unidentified gunmen [update]
Saturday 2 September: 8 killed
Samarra: 8 killed (6 workers, 2 security guards) in suicide attack on power station
Friday 1 September: 1 killed
Rania, Sulaymaniah: 1 young man knifed in front of park, killer arrested
Thursday 31 August: 4 killed
Balad: 2 killed by IED.
Baghdad: 1 by IED in Zafaraniya.
Latifiyah: 1 by AED under car.
AUGUST TOTAL: 597 CIVILIANS KILLED.