Wassit morgue receives 2 bodies

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: The al-Zahraa hospital morgue received on Sunday the bodies of an Iraqi army soldier and a policeman that showed signs of having been subjected to torture, a morgue source said. “The uniforms on the two bodies during the time they were salvaged from a river north of al-Suwayra district, (135 km) north of al-Kut city, suggested they were an army soldier and a policeman,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The morgue officials registered the signs of torture, shooting and decomposition as a result of staying in the water for a long time,” he added. Kut, the capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1