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AMMAN | Sat Aug 25, 2012 5:26pm EDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - More than 200 bodies were found on Saturday in a town outside Damascus a day after it was retaken by the Syrian army, opposition activists said, accusing President Bashar al-Assad's forces of mass summary executions.

Local activists initially reported finding 79 bodies, but 122 more were found later in the day. Most were found in houses and basement shelters of residential buildings and appear to have been shot dead by troops who had stormed the premises, they said.

Due to restrictions on non-state media, it was impossible to independently verify the accounts.

(Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Amman newsroom; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

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