Pair found wounded die in Winnipeg hospital

Winnipeg police are investigating a double homicide after two men died in hospital Saturday, victims of severe injuries to their upper bodies.

Firefighters, paramedics and police were called to a residence in the 700 block of Maryland Street in the city's west end after receiving reports of an injured man and the sound of a fire alarm, police said.

Two men were found at the home, both withwounds to their upper bodies. They were taken to hospital, but pronounced dead there.

A small fire at the scene died out by itself. Neither of the men wasinjured in the fire.

The men have been identified,but theirnames are not being released.

The deaths are the city'sfifth and sixthhomicides this year.