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Fighters laugh as they ride on the rear of a utility vehicle, hurrying by a row of multiple lifeless forms and moving facing the descending Sudanese evening sky.

"Look at this extensive accomplishment. Look at this act of genocide," a combatant exclaims.

The fighter grins as he turns the camera on his own face and his companion combatants, their Rapid Support Forces badges clearly shown: "They are all going to die this way."

The combatants are rejoicing over a atrocity that relief organizations believe killed over two thousand people in the African urban center of el-Fasher in recent weeks.

A City Isolated from the Outside

Having held the urban area under encirclement for nearly 24 months, from August the militia moved to reinforce its position and restrict the surviving residents.

Satellite images reveal that fighters started to erect a massive berm - a built-up dirt embankment - surrounding the edges of el-Fasher, sealing off entry points and preventing aid.

During the encirclement worsened, seventy-eight civilians were murdered in an RSF attack on a mosque on 19 September, while the international organization stated 53 further were murdered in unmanned aircraft and artillery strikes on a displacement camp in fall.

Graphic Recording Shows Unarmed People Executed

By sunrise on 26 October the paramilitary force conquered the last military defenses and seized the primary compound in the city, the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division, as the government forces withdrew.

Among the most disturbing videos to emerge and analysed depicted the consequences of a mass killing at a university building on the western of the city, where numerous lifeless forms were visible spread across the floor.

An older individual wearing a white tunic remained isolated surrounded by the victims. The man turned to look as a fighter equipped with a weapon proceeded down the stairs facing the victim. pointing his rifle, the gunman discharged a one bullet at the individual, who fell to the ground lifeless.

"How come is this one even living," one combatant exclaimed. "Kill him."

Space-based imagery captured on 26 October indicated to confirm that executions were also carried out on the streets of al-Fashir, according to a analysis issued by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

One witness who provided testimony reported the individual had observed "many of our kin being executed - the victims were collected in one place and all eliminated."

Paramilitary Officers Attempt to Conduct Public Relations

In the days that followed the massacre, RSF leader acknowledged that his troops had committed "atrocities" and announced the occurrences would be examined.

Among those arrested was subsequent to a analysis detailing his killings. Deliberately choreographed and modified recording posted on the paramilitary's authorized messaging account reveal the commander being led into a prison room at a jail on the perimeter of el-Fasher.

At the same time, the paramilitary force and affiliated online profiles commenced trying to reframe the account.

Posts presenting its militiamen handing out aid to civilians were shared by some users, while the force's media office published several recordings claiming to show the compassionate treatment of army prisoners of war.

In spite of the digital effort being used by the militia, their actions in el-Fasher have sparked global anger.