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Two bombs kill at least 34 in Iraq's Kut - officials


    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb and a car bomb killed at least 34 people in Iraq's Kut city, police and local officials said on Monday.

    The roadside bomb exploded in a public square in Kut, 150 kms (95 miles) southeast of Baghdad, and a car bomb detonated when security forces arrived on the scene, police said.

    Khamis al-Saad, Iraq's deputy health minister, told Reuters 34 people were killed in Kut and 64 wounded.

    "Hospitals are still receiving casualties, but the situation is under control," Saad said.

    (Reporting by Kahlid al-Ansary and Ahmed Rasheed; writing by Patrick Markey, editing by Tim Pearce)