Violence has claimed the lives of 2,417 Iraqis in June, making it the deadliest month so far this year, the United Nations said Tuesday.
The figures issued by the U.N. mission to Iraq put last month’s civilian death toll at 1,531, with 886 security forces killed. UNAMI added that 2,287 Iraqis, including 1,763 civilians, were wounded.
The second deadliest month this year was May, with 799 Iraqis killed, including 603 civilians. April’s death toll was 750.
The latest casualty figures exceed even last year’s peak. The U.N. reported that last July at least 1,057 Iraqis were killed and another 2,326 were wounded.
“The staggering number of civilian casualties in one month points to the urgent need for all to ensure that civilians are protected,” the U.N. Special Representative in Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, said in the statement.
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