Wassit morgue receives 3 bodies

Wassit-Bodies WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: The morgue of al-Zahraa hospital in Wassit received on Thursday three unknown bodies, a source from the forensic medicine department in Wassit said. “The bodies were fished out from a river in north of al-Suwierah district, north of Kut,” the source told IraqiNews.com, noting that the corpses are decayed. “Their legs were bound and they bore signs of gunshot wounds and torture,” he also said. “One of the bodies wears the military uniform,” he said. 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