Iraq causality statistics of March announced by United Nations

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) According to casualty figures released today by UNAMI, a total of 592 Iraqis were killed and another 1,234 were injured in acts of terrorism and violence in March.

A statement by the UNAMI received by IraqiNews.com quoted the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Mr. Nickolay Mladenov as saying “With Elections Day getting nearer, I once again stress the need for unity and a holistic approach to violence and terrorist threat in Iraq. The political, social and religious leaders of Iraq have an urgent responsibility to set up a mechanism for dialogue and conflict resolution between various stakeholders”,

“Data do not take into account casualties of the current IA operation in Anbar, for which we report at the bottom the figures received by our sources,” the statement added.

“Civilian Casualties (killed and injured) per governorate: Anbar excluded, Baghdad was the worst affected Governorate with 657 civilian casualties (180 killed, 477 injured), followed by Salahuddine (95 killed, 205 injured), Babel (63 killed, 175 injured), Ninewa (67 killed, 83 injured), and Diyala (48 killed, 64 injured not including Buhriz operation),” the statement concluded.