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Combatants chuckle as they travel on the rear of a utility vehicle, hurrying alongside a row of several corpses and moving in the direction of the descending Sudan's sunset.

"See this extensive effort. See this ethnic cleansing," a combatant shouts.

The fighter beams as he turns the video equipment on his own face and his fellow fighters, their Rapid Support Forces badges clearly shown: "The victims will all perish like this."

The men are exulting in a atrocity that relief organizations suspect resulted in the deaths of in excess of two thousand civilians in the Sudan's urban center of the Darfur city last month.

A City Cut Off from the Outside

Following their control of the community under encirclement for almost two years, from August the militia advanced to consolidate its control and blockade the surviving civilian population.

Satellite images demonstrate that troops started to build a enormous sand wall - a raised sand barrier - around the edges of el-Fasher, sealing off access routes and blocking relief supplies.

As the siege intensified, 78 people were slain in an RSF assault on a mosque on September 19th, while the UN stated 53 additional were slain in drone and cannon attacks on a refugee settlement in the autumn.

Explicit Footage Reveals Unarmed People Gunned Down

At dawn on 26 October the militia overwhelmed the last army positions and captured the central headquarters in the urban area, the headquarters of the Army Division, as the government forces withdrew.

One of the most disturbing recordings to emerge and examined revealed the aftermath of a mass killing at a university building on the western side of the community, where scores lifeless forms were visible strewn across the area.

An elderly individual clad in a traditional garment remained by himself surrounded by the bodies. He turned to gaze as a militiaman equipped with a weapon walked along the staircase towards the victim. Raising his weapon, the gunman released a one shot at the individual, who collapsed to the ground still.

"For what reason is this individual still alive," one militiaman cried. "Shoot this one."

Orbital photography taken on late October seemed to verify that executions were also conducted on the thoroughfares of al-Fashir, as reported by a report issued by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

One eyewitness who provided testimony reported they had observed "many of our family members getting massacred - these individuals were collected in a specific area and each one killed."

Paramilitary Officers Attempt to Carry Out Public Relations

In the days that ensued from the atrocity, militia leader admitted that his forces had committed "violations" and announced the events would be examined.

Among those apprehended was subsequent to a analysis detailing his killings. Carefully choreographed and produced video published on the RSF's formal Telegram account reveal the commander being led into a detention area at a jail on the perimeter of the city.

At the same time, the RSF and associated online channels started trying to reframe the narrative.

Posts presenting its combatants handing out supplies to civilians were shared by various users, while the paramilitary's media office published multiple clips allegedly to show the humane treatment of military captives.

In spite of the digital campaign being employed by the militia, their conduct in al-Fashir have sparked worldwide anger.