Iraqi authorities often report lower estimates for the number of victims
of attacks for unclear reasons but April's toll is still the highest
since the beginning of the year.
-- Raheem Kareem, Suadad al-Salhy, Isabel Coles and Angus MacSwan, "April bloodiest month in Iraq since 2008 - UN" (Reuters) on the United Nations figure of 712 violent deaths in Iraq for the month of April when compared to Iraq's Ministry of the Interior claim that only 245 people died from violence last month.