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Militiamen chuckle as they move on the back of a utility vehicle, hurrying by a row of multiple lifeless forms and heading towards the descending African sun.

"See this extensive work. Look at this ethnic cleansing," one cheers.

The fighter smiles as he directs the camera on his own face and his fellow fighters, their RSF identification visible: "They shall all be killed this way."

These individuals are rejoicing over a atrocity that relief organizations suspect resulted in the deaths of in excess of two thousand civilians in the Sudanese metropolis of el-Fasher during October.

An Urban Center Cut Off from the Outside

Having held the city under blockade for approximately 24 months, from late summer the militia advanced to consolidate its dominance and blockade the remaining inhabitants.

Satellite images demonstrate that fighters started to build a massive earth barrier - a elevated sand barrier - around the perimeter of el-Fasher, closing roads and blocking humanitarian assistance.

While the blockade worsened, multiple people were murdered in an paramilitary assault on a religious building on 19 September, while the international organization reported dozens more were slain in drone and artillery bombardments on a displacement camp in October.

Graphic Video Shows Defenseless Individuals Executed

In the early morning on 26 October the paramilitary force conquered the last government positions and captured the main base in the city, the main facility of the Military Unit, as the army withdrew.

Among the most graphic videos to appear and studied showed the results of a mass killing at a educational facility on the west of the city, where dozens dead bodies were visible strewn over the area.

An elderly man dressed in a traditional garment was seated alone surrounded by the victims. The individual rotated to gaze as a militiaman armed with a rifle moved down the steps facing him. lifting his firearm, the fighter discharged a single bullet at the individual, who dropped to the floor motionless.

"Why is this individual still living," a fighter shouted. "Shoot this one."

Orbital photography recorded on 26 October appeared to verify that executions were also carried out on the streets of al-Fashir, based on a report released by the university analysis team.

One observer who communicated stated the individual had seen "multiple of our family members getting killed - they were gathered in one place and each one murdered."

Paramilitary Leaders Try to Conduct Public Relations

In the days that ensued from the massacre, militia commander admitted that his fighters had carried out "violations" and announced the incidents would be looked into.

Included among detained was after a analysis detailing his killings. Carefully staged and produced recording shared on the paramilitary's authorized Telegram channel depict him being taken into a cell at a prison on the perimeter of el-Fasher.

Simultaneously, the RSF and associated online profiles started seeking to alter the narrative.

Content presenting its militiamen handing out assistance to civilians were disseminated by several accounts, while the force's media office released numerous videos purporting to demonstrate the humane handling of army prisoners of war.

In spite of the social media campaign being deployed by the RSF, their activities in al-Fashir have provoked worldwide outrage.