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UN says violence killed 700 people in Iraq in October

714 people, including 559 civilians, dead in the month of October

 

The United Nations (UN) says violence in Iraq left some 714 people, including 559 civilians, dead in the month of October.

According to a statement by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), some 155 Iraqi security forces were among the dead.

The statement also said that more than 1,000 people were wounded in October.

The death toll does not include fatalities in the western province of Anbar, where the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group is active and the UN was not able to obtain any accurate tally.

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