UNITED NATIONS: A total of 12,282 civilian were killed and another 23,126 injured in Iraq in the year of 2014, making it the deadliest since the sectarian violence seized the nation in 2006 and 2007, the United Nations said Friday.

The casualty figures for last year stood at their highest in more than five years amid a spate of deadly violence that has been convulsing the Middle East country, according to the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI).

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