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 27 July: 1 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Amanat.
Wednesday 24 July: 14 killed
Talafar: 14 bodies found in mass grave.
Tuesday 23 July: 1 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Al-Zawraa.
Saturday 20 July: 9 killed
Fallujah: 5 bodies unearthed from mass grave.
Mosul: 2 bodies of children found under rubble of hospital.
Khan Bani Saad: 1 body found.
Kufa: 1 killed in tribal conflict.
Thursday 18 July: 1 killed
Mosul: 1 young man killed in tribal conflict.
Tuesday 16 July: 2 killed
Baghdad: 1 body found, of transgender person, strangled;
1 killed in tribel conflict in Al-Fadhiliya.
Monday 15 July: 1 killed
Baghdad: 1 body found in Mahmoudiya.