UNAMI: Violence and War Killed 354 Iraqi Civilians in May


A total of 354 Iraqi civilians were killed and another 470 injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq in May 2017, according to casualty figures recorded by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

The number of civilians killed in May was 345, while the number of injured was 470, excluding the number of casualties among the police forces.

Among the Iraqi provinces, Nineveh was the most affected province with 212 casualties (160 killed, 52 injured), followed by Baghdad where 86 people were killed and 226 injured, and Basra had 13 deaths and 41 injuries.

According to the UNAMI's report, Anbar province suffered a total of 136 civilian casualties (47 killed and 89 injured).

Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq, Mr. Ján Kubiš, decried the terrorist attacks which targeted civilians, before and in the early days of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

“The terrorist Daesh is in its death throws in Mosul, but it has continued to stretch its wicked arm there and in other areas to relieve the military pressure on it, deliberately aiming to kill and maim the maximum number of civilians. Daesh has attacked with explosives a busy ice cream shop in Baghdad where families gathered at night after Iftar. The terrorists also hit on a street outside a government pension office in the capital, and struck as far as the city of Basra in the south,” said the UN official.

The casualties figures in May rose in comparison to the figures recorded in April. The total of 317 civilians were killed and 403 others were injured in April.

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