Cop killed in northern Kut

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: A policeman was killed on Tuesday when his colleague shot him in northern Kut, according to a security source. “A policeman shot and killed his colleague using a Kalashnikov near Kut-Baghdad checkpoint in northern Kut,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The body was sent to the morgue of al-Zahraa hospital in Kut, while the killer was arrested,” he added, noting that reasons behind the crime still unknown. Kut, the capital of Wassit, is 180 km southeast of Baghdad. SH (TP) 597