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 1,400 Iraqi civilians died in May in Baghdad |
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| Автор | Яcтpeб (Нерегистриран) | |
| Публикувано | 06.06.06 21:56 |
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Tuesday, June 6, 2006; Posted: 10:38 a.m. EDT (14:38 GMT)
BAGHDAD DEATH TOLL
Numbers of bodies brought to the Baghdad morgue in 2006
January: 1,068
February: 1,110
March: 1,294
April: 1,155
May: 1,398
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Nearly 1,400 Iraqi civilians died in a wave of targeted killings in Baghdad last month, according to a high-ranking Iraqi Health Ministry official.
The figure does not include civilians killed in insurgent bombings, the official said. Even so, the number is the highest monthly death toll in the capital since the war began three years ago.
In May 1,398 bodies were brought to the Baghdad morgue, the official said.
All were killed in attacks; in most cases the bodies were found strewn across the Iraqi capital, shot execution-style, the official said.
At least 400 of the bodies could not be identified and will be buried by the government in three weeks if they are not claimed, the official said.
The number of Iraqis who have died in Baghdad alone in the first five months of the year stands at 6,025, or more than 1,200 a month, according to CNN's calculation.
If this monthly death rate continues, 2006 would exceed last year -- with some 10,150 bodies received by the morgue -- as the deadliest year in the capital since the war began.
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