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Combatants smirk as they travel on the rear of a transport truck, racing past a row of multiple dead bodies and moving facing the setting African sunset.

"Observe such effort. Observe this mass destruction," one shouts.

He grins as he points the camera on his person and his companion combatants, their RSF insignia visible: "They are all going to perish like this."

The combatants are rejoicing over a mass killing that humanitarian officials believe resulted in the deaths of over two thousand people in the Sudan's metropolis of the Darfur city last month.

A City Cut Off from the World

Following their control of the community under siege for approximately 24 months, from August the RSF moved to strengthen its dominance and restrict the leftover civilian population.

Orbital photography reveal that fighters commenced to build a immense sand wall - a raised earthen wall - surrounding the perimeter of al-Fashir, blocking roads and halting humanitarian assistance.

As the siege escalated, seventy-eight civilians were killed in an militia assault on a religious building on September 19th, while the UN reported dozens additional were killed in unmanned aircraft and artillery strikes on a displacement camp in fall.

Disturbing Recording Shows Weaponless Civilians Shot

By sunrise on 26 October the paramilitary force defeated the remaining army positions and seized the primary headquarters in the community, the command center of the Military Unit, as the government forces retreated.

Among the most disturbing footage to emerge and studied depicted the aftermath of a atrocity at a university building on the west of the city, where dozens corpses were visible strewn across the area.

An elderly individual clad in a white tunic was seated by himself amongst the victims. The man looked to look as a militiaman armed with a rifle moved along the steps facing him. pointing his weapon, the gunman released a one shot at the man, who dropped to the ground motionless.

"How come is this person even alive," another combatant shouted. "Execute this person."

Satellite images captured on October 26th appeared to confirm that executions were furthermore performed on the thoroughfares of the city, based on a report issued by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

An witness who spoke stated the individual had seen "multiple of our relatives being massacred - they were assembled in one place and everyone murdered."

RSF Leaders Try to Implement Reputation Management

During the period that ensued from the atrocity, militia leader admitted that his troops had committed "atrocities" and stated the occurrences would be looked into.

Part of the arrested was after a investigation recording his killings. Carefully staged and modified video posted on the paramilitary's formal messaging platform reveal him being led into a prison room at a jail on the outskirts of the city.

Simultaneously, the RSF and connected online channels started trying to reshape the story.

Content showing its combatants distributing aid to inhabitants were shared by some accounts, while the force's public relations unit published several recordings claiming to display the proper handling of government prisoners of war.

Despite the online campaign being employed by the RSF, their actions in el-Fasher have provoked international outrage.