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
Thursday 25 October: 1 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Shaab.
Wednesday 24 October: 5 killed
Nasiriyah: 2 killed in armed attack on vehicle carrying salaries of oil project employees.
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Husseiniya.
Dhi Qar: 1 body found.
Sulaymaniya: 1 killed in armed attack.
Tuesday 23 October: 9 killed
Qayyarah: 6 killed by car bomb at a market.
Wajihiyah: 1 killed by gunmen.
Baghdad: 1 body found in Diyala Bridge.
Taji: 1 killed by gunmen.
Monday 22 October: 1 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed in armed attack in Kusra.
Sunday 21 October: 12 killed
Baghdad: 4 family members killed in armed attack in Adhamiya.
Mosul: 2 policemen killed by gunfire in Shula and Makhmour;
3 bodies found in rubble.
Rashad: 2 killed by IED.
Riyadh: 1 policeman killed by IED.
Saturday 20 October: 3 killed
Baghdad: 1 body found in Amin;
1 killed by IED in Abu Ghraib.
Khanaqin: 1 farmer killed in armed attack.
Friday 19 October: 2 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed in armed attack in the centre of the city.
Anbar: 1 killed by gunmen.