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Combatants smirk as they travel on the bed of a utility vehicle, racing by a series of several corpses and driving towards the sinking Sudanese sun.

"See this extensive accomplishment. Observe this act of mass destruction," a fighter exclaims.

He grins as he points the video equipment on his own face and his fellow militiamen, their RSF badges clearly shown: "They will all be killed this way."

The combatants are exulting in a mass killing that relief organizations believe claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people in the Sudan's city of el-Fasher in recent weeks.

A Community Cut Off from the Outside

Having held the urban area under blockade for approximately 24 months, from August the paramilitary force proceeded to reinforce its control and prevent access for the remaining inhabitants.

Orbital photography reveal that troops began to erect a enormous berm - a raised sand barrier - surrounding the perimeter of the city, closing roads and halting aid.

During the encirclement intensified, 78 civilians were slain in an militia attack on a mosque on mid-September, while the international organization said 53 more were murdered in aerial and artillery strikes on a makeshift community in fall.

Disturbing Video Shows Weaponless Civilians Gunned Down

At dawn on October 26th the militia conquered the final army positions and took control of the central headquarters in the community, the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division, as the government forces withdrew.

One of the most horrific recordings to surface and examined showed the results of a atrocity at a university building on the western of the community, where scores dead bodies were observed spread throughout the ground.

An older person clad in a robe was seated alone amongst the victims. The man rotated to glance as a fighter carrying with a rifle walked along the staircase facing him. pointing his firearm, the fighter released a single bullet at the victim, who dropped to the floor lifeless.

"How come is this individual even breathing," a combatant cried. "Shoot this one."

Space-based imagery recorded on late October indicated to verify that shootings were additionally performed on the thoroughfares of the city, according to a report released by the university analysis team.

A key witness who communicated reported he had observed "multiple of our relatives being executed - they were collected in a single location and everyone killed."

Militia Commanders Attempt to Carry Out Reputation Management

In the days that came after the massacre, militia commander conceded that his troops had carried out "atrocities" and announced the incidents would be investigated.

Part of the detained was after a investigation documenting his killings. Deliberately orchestrated and edited footage shared on the paramilitary's formal messaging account reveal him being taken into a prison room at a detention facility on the outskirts of el-Fasher.

Meanwhile, the RSF and associated social media profiles started trying to reshape the story.

Updates showing its militiamen handing out supplies to inhabitants were disseminated by several users, while the paramilitary's communications team published multiple recordings allegedly to display the proper treatment of government detainees.

In spite of the online effort being deployed by the militia, their actions in el-Fasher have sparked worldwide condemnation.