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 2 October: 31 dead
Baghdad: suicide bombers kill 23 civilians outside mosques; 1 body found.
Diyala
Wajihiya: gunmen kill 6 family members (2 ch.) inside minibus.
Babil
Hilla: gunmen kill Interior Ministry employee.
Wednesday 1 October: 7 dead
Salahuddin
Balad: car bomb kills 4.
Missan
Amara: 2 die in clashes.
Sulaimaniya
Halabja: 1 body found.
Tuesday 30 September: 6 dead
Baghdad: car bomb kills 4, Karrada; 2 bodies found.
SEPTEMBER TOTAL: 572 CIVILIANS KILLED, 31 CHILDREN AMONG THEM.
19 KILLED BY US FORCES.
Monday 29 September: 13 dead
Baghdad: 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 2 brothers; car bomb kills 2; gunmen kill coffee shop employee; 2 bodies found.
Diyala
Al-Rasoul: gunmen kill 2 sons of tribal leader.
Khan Bani Saad: gunmen kill 2 members of displaced family.
Babil
Iskandariya: roadside bomb kills 1.
Sunday 28 September: 42 dead
Baghdad: 34 killed in bomb attacks; 2 bodies found.
Ninewa
Mosul: 2 killed by gunmen; tribal leader killed by bomb under his car.
Diyala
Khan Bani Saad: 3 killed by gunmen.
Saturday 27 September: 7 dead
Baghdad: 1 body found.
Diyala
Jalawla: 2 killed during clashes.
Khalis: gunmen kill policeman.
Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills 1; gunmen kill table tennis coach.
Babil
Mussayab: man is killed in drive-by shooting.
Friday 26 September: 7 dead
Anbar
Falluja: gunmen kill policeman.
Diyala
Al-Atara: roadside bomb kills 3.
Salahuddin
Samarra: gunmen kill 3 security members.