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 September: 20 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 2, Amil; roadside bomb kills policeman; civil servant dies in drive-by shooting,3 children killed by roadside bomb, Rashid; gay activist is shot dead in barber shop; 3 bodies found.
Diyala
Al-Kharab: roadside bomb kills 3.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 1; 2 bodies found.
Wassit
Al-Dahouni: 1 body found.
Babil
Mussayab: gunmen kill Sahwa member at checkpoint; US forces kill man waiting for bus (mistakenly thinking he was planting bomb).
Wednesday 24 September: 44 dead
Baghdad: bomb under car kills driver, Shaab; US forces kill 3 members of family after coming under attack during search; 1 body found.
Diyala
Dulaimiyat: 35 policemen and Sahwa members ambushed by gunmen as they enter village.
Abara: gunmen kill school guard.
Uthmaniya: gunmen kill policeman.
Al-Rasoul: gunmen kill policeman.
Baquba: bomb kills woman.
Tuesday 23 September: 11 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 1, Karrada; US soldiers kill 2 elderly people after coming under attack, al-Madaen; 1 body found.
Sulaimaniya
Sulaimaniya: gunman kills detainee outside courthouse.
Salahuddin
Siniyah: US forces kill Sahwa leader during raid.
Babil
Iskandariya: roadside bomb kills driver.
Ninewa
Mosul: man killed by stray bullet; 2 bodies.
Basra
Basra: house of displaced family blown up, woman is killed.
Monday 22 September: 38 dead
Baghdad: car bomb kills 3, Karrada; mortar kills 1, Tobchi; 3 bodies.
Ninewa
Hamam al-Alil: bomb in the street kills 5 children; 2 bodies.
Diyala: roadside bomb kills 2; around 20 bodies found in mass graves.
Anbar
Falluja: US soldiers kill policeman.
Wassit
Suwayra: body found in river.
Sunday 21 September: 22 dead
Baghdad: 6 killed in separate attacks; 3 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul: suicide truck bomber kills 2 policemen; gunmen kill 2 brothers walking in the street.
Tameem
Kirkuk: suicide car bomber kills 3 policemen at checkpoint.
Diyala
Jalawla: roadside bomb strikes minibus, kills 3.
Salahuddin
Tikrit: roadside bomb kills 1.
Wassit
Kut: 2 bodies found in river.
Saturday 20 September: 16 dead
Baghdad: 5 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 4 in separate incidents.
Tal Afar: suicide car bomber kills 2; 3 women's bodies found.
Anbar
Haditha: roadside bomb kills policeman.
Wassit
Kut: gunmen kill policeman.
Friday 19 September: 14 dead
Salahuddin
Dawr: US air strike, followed by shooting, kills family of 8.
Tuz Khurmato: gunmen kill woman.
Ninewa
Tal Afar: 2 bodies found.
Diyala
Balad Ruz: Katyusha rockets kill 1.
Wassit
Kut: 1 body found.
Basra
Basra: gunmen kill tribal leader.