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
Friday 2 February: 74 killed
Sinjar: 70 bodies found in mass grave in Qahtaniyah.
Baghdad: 2 bodies found in Tarmiya and Rustamiya.
Tuz Khurmato: 1 body.
Nasiriya: 1 killed during clashes.
Thursday 1 February: 11 killed
Baghdad: 4 killed in armed attacks and IED explosions in Nahrawan, Diyala Bridge, Fadhiliyah;
1 body found in Dora.
Mosul: 4 bodies of children recovered from rubble;
1 killed in armed attack in Tel al-Rumman.
Rashad: 1 policeman killed trying to dismantle IED.
Wednesday 31 January: 18 killed
Karbala: 6 family members killed by gunmen inside home.
Mosul: 6 bodies found in mass grave.
Baghdad: 2 killed by gunmen in Rashidiya and Dora;
1 body found with gunshot wounds in Abu Ghraib.
Taji: 1 by IED.
Rashad: 1 policeman killed trying to dismantle IED.
Baquba: 1 young man killed by gunmen at home.
JANUARY TOTAL: 474 CIVILIANS KILLED
Tuesday 30 January: 4 killed
Baghdad: 3 killed by gunfire and IED in Rashidiya, Ur and Bayaa.
Hamam al-Alil: 1 policeman by IED.
Monday 29 January: 1 killed
Hibhib: 1 farmer killed in mortar attack.
Sunday 28 January: 7 killed
Baquba - Balad Ruz road: 2 brothers killed by gunmen.
Baghdad: 2 killed during clashes in Nahrawan;
1 killed by IED at vegetable market in Radwaniya;
1 body found in Shaab.
Rashad: 1 local official killed by unknown gunmen.
Saturday 27 January: 14 killed
Baghdadi: 7 killed by US airstrike, including chief of police.
Basra: 2 by unknown gunmen;
1 body found.
Buhriz: 1 by IED.
Qahtaniya, east of Sinjar: 2 killed in booby-trapped house.
Baghdad: 1 body found.