‘Dozens found shot execution-style in Aleppo’

A Free Syrian Army fighter, with an amputated hand, points his weapon towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at the Menagh military airport, in Aleppo's countryside.

A Free Syrian Army fighter, with an amputated hand, points his weapon towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at the Menagh military airport, in Aleppo's countryside.

Published Jan 29, 2013

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Aleppo, Syria -

The bodies of dozens of young men, all apparently executed with shots to the head, were found on Tuesday in a river in a rebel zone of Syria's Aleppo city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

A rebel Free Syrian Army captain at the scene confirmed the discovery, saying that at least 68 bodies had been found and that many were still being dragged from the water. - Sapa-AFP

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