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
Saturday 16 March: 2 killed
Mosul: 1 body found in rubble.
Nasiriyah: 1 killed in armed attack.
Thursday 14 March: 2 killed
Basra: 2 killed in clan conflict.
Wednesday 13 March: 1 killed
Canaan: 1 young man killed by gunmen.
Tuesday 12 March: 1 killed
Kirkuk: 1 son of Suleiman Beg police director killed by gunmen.
Friday 8 March: 4 killed
Barski: 2 killed in Turkish airstrike.
Jabal Bur: 1 man killed by IED.
Kut: 1 body found.
Thursday 7 March: 1 killed
Basra: 1 policeman killed in clashes.
Wednesday 6 March: 2 killed
Maysan: 2 (husband and wife) killed in tribal conflict.