BAGHDAD, Ramadan 4, 1435, Jul 1, 2014, SPA -- More than 2,400 Iraqis, most of them civilians, were killed in June, the United Nations said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. The United Nations said "acts of violence and terrorism" killed at least 2,417 Iraqis and wounded 2,287 more in June. Of those killed, 1,531 were civilians, it added. "The staggering number of civilian casualties in one month points to the urgent need for all to ensure that civilians are protected," the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq Nickolay Mladenov said in a statement. --SPA 12:37 LOCAL TIME 09:37 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w
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