Mass grave with 40 bodies discovered in Palmyra - 23 of them were women and children

Syrian forces have retaken Palmyra, located 155 miles east of Damascus, from the ISIS who had occupied it over 10 months earlier and Syrian engineering teams and popular defense groups have discovered a mass grave of 40 people in a neighborhood in the newly recaptured ancient city of Palmyra.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 3 April 2016.

The mass grave contains remains of about 40 people, 23 of them women and children - some of the bodies were beheaded and bore signs of torture. SANA news agency have indicated that they were killed by Islamic State militants. After tasking over the town, Syrian army experts have detonated hundreds of mines that were planted by the Islamic State before they were forced out of Palmyra.
Palmyra is a UNESCO Heritage site and an archaeological gem that had attracted tens of thousands of tourists every year before the Islamic State captured the city and destroyed most of its Christian artifacts. Some parts of the site, including the Roman-era grand colonnades and amphitheater appear to have been spared but the damage every else was very much visible.
Syrian officers have dismantled more than 3,000 mines so far and have also reported that there are booby traps everywhere - trees, doors, and even animals. Russian sappers have arrived in Syria to help the Syrian army clear mines in and around the town.


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