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Militiamen laugh as they move on the bed of a pick-up truck, speeding alongside a row of several corpses and driving towards the sinking African sun.

"Look at such accomplishment. See this ethnic cleansing," a fighter shouts.

He grins as he points the camera on his own face and his fellow militiamen, their RSF badges clearly shown: "These people will all perish like this."

The combatants are exulting in a massacre that relief organizations suspect killed more than two thousand people in the Sudanese urban center of al-Fashir during October.

An Urban Center Severed from the Globe

Having held the city under encirclement for nearly an extended period, from late summer the paramilitary force moved to strengthen its dominance and restrict the remaining inhabitants.

Satellite images reveal that fighters started to build a massive earth barrier - a built-up sand barrier - encircling the edges of the city, sealing off roads and blocking aid.

During the encirclement escalated, multiple individuals were murdered in an paramilitary strike on a place of worship on mid-September, while the international organization reported dozens additional were murdered in drone and heavy weapon strikes on a makeshift community in fall.

Explicit Video Shows Defenseless People Gunned Down

In the early morning on late October the paramilitary force overwhelmed the remaining government strongholds and seized the main headquarters in the community, the headquarters of the Military Unit, as the government forces pulled back.

Perhaps the most horrific recordings to appear and studied revealed the aftermath of a massacre at a educational facility on the west of the urban area, where scores corpses were seen scattered across the area.

A senior man clad in a traditional garment remained by himself surrounded by the bodies. The individual rotated to look as a fighter armed with a firearm walked down the staircase towards him. Raising his weapon, the gunman released a solitary bullet at the man, who dropped to the floor motionless.

"Why is this individual even living," a fighter cried. "Kill this person."

Orbital photography recorded on late October seemed to verify that shootings were furthermore performed on the roads of el-Fasher, as reported by a analysis issued by the university analysis team.

One witness who provided testimony said they had witnessed "many of our family members being executed - these individuals were assembled in a specific area and everyone killed."

Paramilitary Officers Try to Carry Out Reputation Management

During the period that came after the massacre, militia chief acknowledged that his troops had carried out "violations" and said the occurrences would be looked into.

Part of the apprehended was after a analysis recording his executions. Carefully choreographed and modified footage shared on the paramilitary's official Telegram channel reveal the commander being taken into a prison room at a prison on the outskirts of al-Fashir.

Simultaneously, the RSF and associated social media profiles started attempting to reframe the story.

Posts presenting its militiamen handing out assistance to residents were disseminated by various individuals, while the paramilitary's public relations unit published several recordings purporting to demonstrate the humane treatment of military prisoners of war.

Regardless of the digital initiative being deployed by the militia, their conduct in al-Fashir have sparked global outrage.