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 30 October: 6 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 1, Hurriya; 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 2; car bomb kills 2.
Wednesday 29 October: 18 dead
Baghdad: bombs kill 7.
Diyala
Balad Ruz: gunmen storm house, kill 3 family members of Sahwa member.
Baquba: roadside bomb kills 4-year-old girl.
Abu Saida: roadside bomb kills Sahwa member.
Ninewa
Mosul: bombs kill 2.
Anbar
Ramadi: roadside bomb kills 1.
Babil
Hilla: gunmen kill 3 policemen.
Tuesday 28 October: 42 dead
Baghdad: bombs kill 6; 5 reported killed by US snipers in Sadr City in the past 10 days; 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 4 police recruits; 3 others killed in separate incidents.
Tal Afar: 20 bodies found in basement of abandoned house.
Anbar
Habbaniya: suicide bomber kills 2 policemen.
Babil
Hilla: 1 body found.
Monday 27 October: 11 dead
Baghdad: bombs kill 6; 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill policeman; suicide bomber kills policeman; 1 body found.
Salahuddin
Dour: roadside bomb kills minibus passenger.
Sunday 26 October: 2 dead
Baghdad: 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill policeman.
Saturday 25 October: 12 dead
Baghdad: bombs kill 3; 2 bodies found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 2 policemen; gunmen kill man in drive-by shooting.
Anbar
Falluja: gunmen kill 2.
Tameem
Kirkuk: 2 bodies found.
Friday 24 October: 9 dead
Baghdad: 2 bodies found.
Wassit
Kut: 4 children killed by landmine; policeman's body found.
Anbar
Amiriya Falluja: roadside bomb kills 1.
Falluja: US forces kill man in his bed during early-morning raid.