UNAMI: Number of casualties in Iraq drops

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – Within the month of April, a total of 741 Iraqis have been killed and 1,374 wounded due to acts of violence, terrorism and armed conflict in the country, UNAMI announced on Sunday.

United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) published its monthly report on the casualties in Iraq, revealing that 410 civilians were killed in April, including 11 federal police, Sahwa civil defense, Personal Security Details, facilities protection police and fire department.

The report also included the number of injured civilians which was 973.

UNAMI reports 331 casualties among security members in Iraq, including Peshmerga, SWAT, and militia fighting alongside the Iraqi army. There were also 401 wounded security members.

The figures show that the casualties’ number has decreased in April compared to March, where 1,119 Iraqis were killed and 1,561 wounded.

According to the UNAMI report, Baghdad was the worst affected Province with 874 civilian casualties where 232 were killed and 642 wounded. Nineveh Province followed with 72 killed and 30 injured, Salahaddin 32 killed and 24 wounded, Diyala 17 killed and 15 wounded, Kirkuk had 16 killed and 10 wounded, and Basra had eight killed and 16 wounded.

According to the information that the UNAMI has obtained from the Health Directorate in Anbar Province, there was a total of 252 civilian casualties where 27 were killed and 225 injured.

The United Nations’ envoy to Iraq, Jan Kubis, expressed his concern about the on-going violence in the country. “It pains us to see the continuing bloodletting and loss of life, particularly among civilians who are paying a high price as a result of bombings and the armed clashes,” Kubis read a statement.

“Terrorists have used suicide attacks to target cafés, places of worship, pilgrims and markets in a wicked, unrelenting campaign to cause maximum casualties and inflict untold suffering on the population,” Kubis concluded.

Reporting by Mewan Dolamari
Editing by Karzan Sulaivany and Ava Homa