Funerals and injured in hospital, UN announce civilian deaths in 2006

(17 Jan 2007) January 17, 2007 1. Exterior of hospital 2. Sign outside hospital 3. Pan of injured in hospital ward 4. Doctor speaking to one of the injured 5. Various of injured in hospital 6. Various of coffins on top of vans 7. Various of coffin being carried through streets surrounded by mourners 8. Coffin placed on top of van 9. Wide shot of coffin on top of van January 16, 2007 10. Wide of UN news conference 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gianni Magazzeni, chief of U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI): "During 2006 a total of 34,452 civilians have been violently killed and 36,685 wounded." 12. Wide of speakers at news conference STORYLINE: A total of 142 Iraqis were killed or found dead on Tuesday in what appeared to be a renewed campaign of Sunni insurgent violence against Shiite targets. The sharp increase in deadly attacks coincided with the release of United Nations figures that showed 34,452 civilians were slain last year, nearly three times more than the government reported. In the deadliest attack in Iraq in nearly two months, twin car bombs tore through a leading Baghdad university as students left classes on Tuesday. At least 65 students died. On Wednesday, mourners gathered for the funerals of some of the victims of the attack, whilst many of the injured remained in hospital. Tuesday's death toll from the al-Mustansiriya bombings made it the single most deadly attack against civilians in Iraq since November 23, when a series of car bombs and mortar attacks by suspected al-Qaida fighters in Baghdad's impoverished, predominantly Shiite, Sadr City killed at least 215 people. The U.N. civilian casualty count for last year was announced in Baghdad on Tuesday by Gianni Magazzeni, the chief of the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq in Baghdad. He said 34,452 civilians died, an average of 94 a day, and 36,685 were wounded. Iraqi government officials have disputed the figures, which they say may be calculated using unreliable sources, and are preparing to provide their own figures next week. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...