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Militiamen smirk as they ride on the bed of a transport truck, speeding past a series of nine dead bodies and heading towards the sinking Sudanese sun.

"See this extensive accomplishment. Look at this genocide," a combatant shouts.

The individual grins as he turns the camera on himself and his fellow fighters, their Rapid Support Forces identification visible: "They shall all be killed this way."

These individuals are exulting in a massacre that humanitarian officials fear claimed the lives of more than 2,000 civilians in the Sudanese city of the Darfur city during October.

An Urban Center Severed from the World

After maintaining the urban area under encirclement for approximately 24 months, from August the RSF advanced to reinforce its control and restrict the leftover civilian population.

Space-based imagery reveal that forces began to construct a immense earth barrier - a raised sand barrier - surrounding the perimeter of el-Fasher, sealing off access routes and blocking aid.

As the siege worsened, 78 civilians were killed in an paramilitary assault on a place of worship on September 19th, while the UN stated dozens additional were killed in unmanned aircraft and heavy weapon strikes on a displacement camp in fall.

Disturbing Video Reveals Defenseless Civilians Executed

In the early morning on October 26th the paramilitary force conquered the final military defenses and captured the main compound in the city, the headquarters of the Army Division, as the military retreated.

One of the most disturbing footage to surface and studied revealed the results of a atrocity at a educational facility on the western of the urban area, where dozens dead bodies were seen spread throughout the floor.

An elderly person clad in a white tunic was seated alone amongst the victims. The man turned to gaze as a combatant carrying with a firearm walked descending the steps in the direction of the individual. pointing his rifle, the fighter fired a single bullet at the victim, who fell to the surface motionless.

"Why is this person even alive," one fighter shouted. "Shoot this one."

Satellite images recorded on late October seemed to substantiate that shootings were additionally conducted on the thoroughfares of the city, based on a study published by the academic research center.

An eyewitness who spoke reported he had observed "many of our relatives being executed - these individuals were collected in a specific area and everyone killed."

RSF Commanders Seek to Implement Public Relations

Following the events that followed the atrocity, militia commander conceded that his troops had perpetrated "atrocities" and announced the occurrences would be investigated.

Included among detained was following a investigation recording his executions. Carefully orchestrated and produced footage published on the RSF's official Telegram channel show him being escorted into a cell at a detention facility on the perimeter of al-Fashir.

At the same time, the militia and associated social media accounts commenced attempting to reframe the story.

Updates presenting its militiamen providing aid to inhabitants were circulated by several users, while the paramilitary's public relations unit published numerous videos allegedly to demonstrate the proper treatment of army detainees.

In spite of the digital campaign being employed by the paramilitary, their activities in the city have provoked international outrage.