Mortar strike kills 2 civilians, wounds 2 in Wassit

WASSIT/IraqiNews.com: At least two civilians were killed and two others wounded when a mortar round fell into their house in Wassit on Thursday, a security source said. “The victims from the same family were inside their home in al-Falahiya district, east Kut when a mortar struck the house,” a Wassit security house told IraqiNews.com. “Police sealed off the accident area and file an urgent investigation,” the source added. Kut, the capital city of Wassit, a border province with Iraq, lies 180 km south Iraq AM(P) 1