Two bombs kill at least 37 in Iraq's southern city Kut
BAGHDAD: Two bombs tore through a public square in the southern Iraqi city of Kut on Monday, killing at least 37 people in the worst in a string of bombings and suicide attacks across the country, officials said.
A roadside bomb exploded in Kut, a mainly Shi'ite Muslim city 150 km (95 miles) southeast of Baghdad, followed by a car bomb when security forces arrived on the scene, security officials said.
Dhiyauddin Jalil, a director of Wasit provincial health department, said at least 37 people were killed, and more than 68 were wounded in the blasts.
"Hospitals are still receiving casualties, but the situation is under control," Khamis al-Saad, Iraq's deputy health minister, told Reuters.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
Copyright Reuters, 2011
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