Wassit morgue receives civilian body

February 27, 2009 - 05:54:07

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq: The al-Zahraa hospital morgue on Friday received the body of an unidentified civilian man after being salvaged from a river in the northern part of the province, a morgue medic said.

“The body, which was salvaged from a river in the district of al-Suwayra, (135 km) north of al-Kut, showed signs of having been tortured,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.