A total of 1,273 Iraqis were killed and 2,010 others were injured in terrorist attacks in October in Iraq, according to a statement issued on Saturday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
The statement said that 856 civilians, including 139 civilian policemen, and 417 Iraqi security forces personnel were killed, while 1,490 civilians including 172 civilian policemen were wounded, Xinhua reported.
Iraq has been witnessing some of the worst violence in years. Terrorist attacks and clashes have killed 5,576 civilians in Iraq in the first half of this year, with 11,666 more wounded, according to a recent UN report.
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