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
Monday 10 July : 61 killed
Hawija: 32 executed; 6 family members killed by IED.
Mutaibija: 5 executed.
Tal Afar: 9 executed.
Baghdad: 1 by IED; 2 bodies.
Latifiya: 3 executed.
Shirqat: 3 by mortars.
Sunday 9 July: 60 killed.
Tal Afar: 47 executed; 2 killed by gunfire.
Baghdad: 2 by gunfire, AED.
Mosul: 8 by shelling.
Hit: 1 policeman by suicide bomber.
Saturday 8 July: 105 killed
Mosul: 100 reported killed by airstrikes in the past two days.
Basra province: 4 assassinations
South of Fallujah: 1 by bomb in booby-trapped house
Friday 7 July: 7 killed
Imam Gharbi village: 2 journalists, 2 policemen in IS attacks
Qaladze, Sulaymaniyah: 1, imam shot leaving mosque
Hawija: 1, emir burnt to death by IS
Mosul: 1, child carried by suicide bomber detonating herself
Thursday 6 July: 12 killed
Taji: 1 by roadside bomb
Hawrah, north of Baghdad: 2, child and father shot in attack at checkpoint
Near Bani-Saad: 1 policeman shot
South Baquba: 1, health dept. employee shot
Nahrawan: 1 killed leaving house
East of Baghdad: 1 traffic policeman by IED; 2 bodies of unidentified men found, shot
Al-Ghadir, Baghdad: 1 in armed attack
Al-Zubayr: 2 brothers assassinated
Wednesday 5 July: 32 killed
Shirqat: 1 in crossfire of IS, pro-gov tribal fighters and Iraqi warplanes
Baghdad: 1 body of a man, shot, found north of the city
Tal Afar: 30 deserters shot by IS
Tuesday 4 July: 278 killed
Tal Afar: 200 executed.
Hawija: 60 executed.
Mosul: 16 bodies.
Erbil: 1 body.
Al-Suqour: 1 by gunfire.