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 15 January: 40 killed
Mosul: 40 bodies found in mass grave.
Monday 14 January: 3 killed
Mosul: 1 killed by gunmen.
Tikrit: 2 bodies found.
Sunday 13 January: 5 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Husseiniya;
1 body found in Ur.
Basra: 1 killed by gunmen.
Hawija: 1 woman killed by IED in Abbasi.
Fallujah: 1 mukhtar killed by gunmen.
Saturday 12 January: 38 killed
Mosul: 28 bodies found in mass grave in Shura;
7 bodies (inc 3 children) pulled from rubble.
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Diyala Bridge;
1 body found in Shula.
Karma: 1 shepherd killed by landmine.
Friday 11 January: 6 killed
Qaim: 4 killed by car bomb.
Al-Rihanna: 1 woman killed by IED.
Yathrib: 1 killed by gunmen.
Thursday 10 January: 4 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Sadr City;
1 killed by gunmen in Diyala Bridge;
1 body found in Dora.
Mosul: 1 mukhtar killed by gunmen.
Wednesday 9 January: 41 killed
Mosul: 38 bodies found in mass grave in Shura.
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Baladiyat.
Daquq: 2 killed by gunmen.