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Combatants laugh as they travel on the back of a pick-up truck, speeding alongside a series of nine lifeless forms and driving towards the setting Sudan's evening sky.

"Observe this extensive work. Observe this ethnic cleansing," a combatant exclaims.

The fighter beams as he turns the video equipment on his own face and his companion militiamen, their paramilitary identification on display: "The victims are all going to perish like this."

The combatants are celebrating a massacre that humanitarian officials believe claimed the lives of in excess of 2,000 civilians in the African urban center of el-Fasher in recent weeks.

A Community Isolated from the World

Following their control of the urban area under siege for nearly 24 months, from the summer the RSF advanced to consolidate its position and restrict the remaining inhabitants.

Satellite images demonstrate that troops started to construct a immense sand wall - a built-up earthen wall - encircling the boundaries of al-Fashir, closing entry points and preventing relief supplies.

While the blockade worsened, 78 civilians were murdered in an paramilitary attack on a place of worship on mid-September, while the UN stated dozens further were slain in drone and artillery attacks on a displacement camp in fall.

Graphic Recording Reveals Defenseless Civilians Gunned Down

In the early morning on October 26th the paramilitary force overwhelmed the remaining military positions and seized the primary compound in the urban area, the command center of the 6th Infantry Division, as the army retreated.

Perhaps the most graphic footage to emerge and analysed depicted the consequences of a massacre at a educational facility on the western of the community, where dozens dead bodies were visible scattered across the ground.

A senior person clad in a robe remained isolated surrounded by the corpses. He looked to gaze as a militiaman carrying with a rifle moved along the stairs facing him. lifting his weapon, the shooter released a one shot at the man, who collapsed to the floor still.

"For what reason is this individual still breathing," one fighter cried. "Shoot this one."

Orbital photography captured on 26 October seemed to substantiate that executions were also conducted on the roads of el-Fasher, based on a study released by the academic research center.

A key eyewitness who communicated reported the individual had seen "numerous of our family members being massacred - these individuals were assembled in one place and each one eliminated."

Militia Commanders Try to Conduct Public Relations

During the period that followed the atrocity, paramilitary chief acknowledged that his troops had carried out "violations" and said the occurrences would be investigated.

Included among arrested was subsequent to a report recording his executions. Meticulously orchestrated and edited recording posted on the paramilitary's official Telegram platform show him being led into a detention area at a jail on the perimeter of el-Fasher.

Meanwhile, the paramilitary force and associated digital accounts began trying to reframe the narrative.

Updates presenting its combatants providing assistance to residents were disseminated by some accounts, while the militia's public relations unit shared numerous videos claiming to display the compassionate handling of military captives.

In spite of the social media initiative being used by the RSF, their conduct in al-Fashir have provoked international anger.