The United Nations states that more than 1,200 Iraqis were killed by acts of terrorism and violence in November.
According to the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, a total of 1,232 Iraqis were killed and 2,434 injured in terrorist attacks and violence across Iraq in November.
There has been a slight decline from last month’s figures that said that at least 1,273 Iraqis were killed in violence in October.
The statement from UNAMI said that 936 civilians, including 61 policemen, and 296 Iraqi security forces personnel were killed, while 1,826 others, including 71 policemen, were wounded.
An additional 608 security members were wounded in terrorist and violent acts during the month.
The U.N. obtained casualty figures for Iraq’s western Anbar province from the Health Directorate in Anbar.
The statement added that “UNAMI has also received, without being able to verify, reports of large numbers of casualties along with unknown numbers of persons who died due to lack of water, food, medicines and healthcare after they fled their homes”.
The statement, quoting UN envoy and UNAMI chief Nickolay Mladenov, added: “With nearly 12,000 people killed and nearly 22,000 injured since the beginning of 2014, Iraqis continue to be subjected daily to the unspeakable horrors of killing, maiming, reign of terror, displacement, extreme forms of intolerance and poverty.”
“I take this opportunity to continue encouraging the Iraqi political, religious and social leaders to act decisively to rise above their differences in order to resolve the pending political, social and economic problems, and restore confidence among Iraq’s communities, more particularly those disaffected groups, as part of consolidating the democratic process,” Mladenov said.
