Bodies showing signs of torture found at Damascus hospital, Syria rebels say

Syrian rebel fighters say they have found around 40 bodies showing signs of torture in the mortuary of a military hospital in a suburb of Damascus following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.

Video and photos showed bodies wrapped in blood-stained white shrouds piled up inside a refrigerated room at Harasta Hospital on Monday.

Several of the bodies appeared to have wounds and bruising on their faces and torsos. Pieces of adhesive tape bearing numbers and names were also visible.

"I opened the door of the mortuary with my own hands, it was a horrific sight," Mohammed al-Hajj, a member of a rebel group from southern Syria, told AFP news agency.