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In Syria, Attacks on Schools, Evidence of Executions – 6.6.2013
Dangers at School:
Syria’s schools were once a place to learn, but both the government and opposition groups have used schools as military bases, barracks, detention centers and sniper posts. Teachers and security agents have interrogated and beaten students for alleged anti-government activism. Government forces even fired on schools not being used for military purposes.
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Evidence of Executions:
At least 147 bodies bearing signs of execution were found in the city of Aleppo’s river. Human Rights Watch confirmed that many victims had hands tied behind their back, gunshot wounds in their head, and tape across their mouth.

Although it is not definitively known who killed them, signs indicate that they were executed in government-controlled areas.
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