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 10 October: 45 dead
Baghdad: bombs kill 14, Doura, Abu Dsheer; 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: bombs kill 19; gunmen kill 5 Christians in separate incidents; 1 civilian dies during clashes; 3 bodies found.
Tameem
Kirkuk: gunmen kill journalist, 28-year-old Dayar Abbas.
Anbar
Falluja: car bomb kills policeman.
Thursday 9 October: 26 dead
Baghdad: Sadrist MP dies with 2 of his bodyguards when roadside bomb hits their convoy, Habibiya; car bomb under car kills driver, Mansour; bomb under car kills lawyer, Hurriya; roadside bomb kills 1, Sadr City; 2 bodies found.
Diyala
Udhaim: roadside bomb kills Sahwa member, his wife, their 2 children and nephew.
Ninewa
Tal Afar: bomb in restaurant kills 2.
Mosul: roadside bomb kills policeman; another policeman dies in drive-by shooting; 1 body is found.
Karbala
Karbala: bomb stuck on car kills 1.
Anbar
Habaniya: suicide bomber kills 3 policemen.
Tameem
Aghjlar: gunmen kill PUK member and another civilian.
Zab: 1 body found.
Basra
Basra: gunmen kill policeman in his car.
Wednesday 8 October: 28 dead
Baghdad: family of 5 (3ch.) die when their house is blown up, Madaen; 4 family members die when their house is blown up, Wahda; 1 body found.
Diyala
Baquba: suicide bomber kills 10 civilians outside court.
Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills 3 policemen; gunmen kill Christian; US forces shoot dead 2 men approaching their patrol in separate incidents.
Tameem
Kirkuk: gunmen kill Sahwa member.
Babil
Mussayab: 1 body found.
Tuesday 7 October: 13 dead
Baghdad: 2 bodies found.
Ninewa
Mosul: car bomb kills 2; gunmen kill 3 Christians, in separate incidents; 1 policeman dies in shoot-out.
Wassit
Kut: gunmen kill 2 in separate incidents; the bodies of a young man and a young woman found shot.
Babil
Iskandariya: roadside bomb kills policeman.
Monday 6 October: 3 dead
Baghdad: 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill policeman and shop owner.
Sunday 5 October: 26 dead
Ninewa
Mosul: 10 members of the same family (3 children) die during US forces attack/ suicide bombing, inside building; gunmen kill butcher; gunmen kill teacher in his car; sniper kills policeman; gunmen kill 4 mourners in drive-by shooting; gunmen kill customs employee; 3 bodies found.
Diyala
Hussein al Hamad: gunmen attack village, kill 3.
Wassit
Numaniya: gunmen kill 1.
Tameem
Kirkuk: 1 body found.
Saturday 4 October: 4 dead
Ninewa
Mosul: Christian shot dead in market; 1 body found in car.
Anbar
Ramadi: gunmen shoot dead 2 policemen.