Video: Escalation of Violence in Nasiriya


(MENAFN- Iraq Business News) From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views ofIraq Business News .

The southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya has seen some of the worst violence against anti-government demonstrators.

As many as 96 people have been killed in the city since the beginning of October, 40 of them in a sudden two-day surge of unrest last week.

In this exclusive report, Al Jazeera's Simona Foltyn meets survivors and protesters who say they have been tortured by security forces:

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