691 Iraqis killed, 1,016 wounded in August: UNAMI

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – The United Nations' Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) revealed Thursday that a total of 691 Iraqis have been killed and 1,016 injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflicts in Iraq during the month of August.

UNAMI stated that last month 473 civilians were killed in Iraq including 16 federal police, Sahwa civil defense, personal security details, facilities protection police and fire department.

It also reported that 813 civilians were wounded.

Baghdad had the largest number of casualties in Iraq for August when 231 were killed and 676 were injured.

In Nineveh 116 were killed and 83 injured. In Kirkuk 81 were killed and 13 were injured and in Karbala 17 were killed and 25 injured.

In Salahaddin Province 14 were killed and four were injured and in Diyala Province six were killed and five were injured.

UNAMI has been unable to obtain the civilian casualty figures from the Anbar Health Department for August.

“The bloodletting in Iraq continues without letup. Casualty figures remain too high, and civilians again are bearing the brunt,” UNAMI quoted Jan Kubis, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG).

“In the past few days, Da’esh suicide bombers struck a wedding celebration in Ain Al-Tamr in Karbala Governorate, killing or wounding many, and bombs went off in the capital, Baghdad,” he continued.

“We strongly condemn these terrorist attacks and other acts of violence, reiterate our call on the parties to undertake every effort to safeguard the lives of civilians and urge Iraqis in general to show strength in unity in the face of this unrelenting violence,” Kubis concluded.

Editing by Ava Homa