Mass graves found in eastern Aleppo, Russia claims | The Independent
Russian troops reportedly ‘found mass graves of several dozens of Syrians who suffered atrocious torture and massacre’
Samuel Osborne @SamuelOsborne93 | Monday 2016
▻http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/aleppo-syria-mass-graves-russia-claims-rebels-torture-mutilation-mass
Russian troops have found mass graves in Aleppo with bodies showing signs of torture and mutilation, the Russian defence ministry has claimed.
Major General Igor Konashenkov said the Russians “found mass graves of several dozens of Syrians who suffered atrocious torture and massacre”.
In a statement, he said some of the bodies had been mutilated and some had gunshot wounds.
Mr Konashenkov also criticised opposition rebels, who controlled eastern Aleppo before they were pushed out earlier this month, for laying multiple booby traps and mines across the town, endangering the civilian population.
