New Aleppo Massacre: Dozens of Bodies in River

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The bodies of dozens of men, many of them with their hands bound behind their backs, were found on the muddy banks of a small river Tuesday in the northern city of Aleppo, oppositions groups and government officials said.
The men, most of them in their 20s and 30s according to the sources, were discovered in the neighborhood of Bustan al-Qasr.
Intense clashes between rebels and government troops have raged in the district since rebel fighters launched an offensive on Aleppo in July.
The government blamed the killings on Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaeda-linked group fighting alongside Syrian rebels.

Syria's state run news agency confirmed that family members of the victims have identified some of the bodies, clarifying that they were targeted for refusing to collaborate with rebels.
A senior government security source quoted by AFP said many of the victims were from Bustan al-Qasr and had been reported kidnapped earlier.
"It has been confirmed that a number of the victims had been abducted by armed terrorist groups and their families had made repeated attempts to negotiate their releases," the source said.

It added that the competent authorities along with the families are following evidence on this new massacre which adds to a series of brutal massacres perpetrated by the terrorist groups against unarmed civilians.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org