2 bodies found in Kut

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: Police forces found two bodies, one male one female, in the city of Kut, a security source said. “The two bodies bore signs of gun shot wounds,” the source told IraqiNews.com, noting that the two corpses were sent to the morgue in al-Zahraa hospital in Kut. “Police opened an investigation into the incident,” he added. A Shiite province, Wassit, 180 km south of Baghdad, is in the east of the country. Its name comes from the Arabic word meaning “middle,” as it lies along the Tigris about midway between Baghdad and Basra. Its major cities include the capital, al-Kut, and al-Hayy. Prior to 1976 it was known as Kut Province. SH (P)/SR 1