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Combatants smirk as they move on the bed of a transport truck, hurrying alongside a series of nine lifeless forms and heading facing the sinking Sudanese sunset.

"Look at all this effort. Observe this ethnic cleansing," one exclaims.

The fighter grins as he turns the camera on his own face and his companion militiamen, their Rapid Support Forces identification clearly shown: "They will all perish this way."

The combatants are celebrating a mass killing that relief organizations fear resulted in the deaths of over 2,000 individuals in the African metropolis of the Darfur city during October.

A Community Cut Off from the Outside

Having held the community under siege for nearly an extended period, from late summer the militia moved to strengthen its dominance and prevent access for the leftover residents.

Orbital photography show that fighters began to build a massive berm - a raised sand barrier - around the edges of the city, closing entry points and blocking relief supplies.

While the blockade escalated, 78 people were murdered in an RSF strike on a mosque on 19 September, while the international organization stated dozens more were murdered in drone and cannon bombardments on a displacement camp in the autumn.

Graphic Video Depicts Defenseless People Executed

By sunrise on 26 October the militia overwhelmed the remaining army strongholds and seized the central headquarters in the city, the command center of the 6th Infantry Division, as the government forces retreated.

Perhaps the most horrific footage to appear and analysed showed the consequences of a massacre at a campus structure on the western side of the community, where numerous lifeless forms were observed spread over the floor.

An elderly individual wearing a traditional garment remained alone amid the bodies. He turned to look as a militiaman equipped with a firearm moved descending the stairs in the direction of the individual. Raising his firearm, the fighter fired a one bullet at the individual, who fell to the surface motionless.

"Why is this person even breathing," one combatant cried. "Execute him."

Orbital photography taken on late October appeared to substantiate that shootings were furthermore carried out on the thoroughfares of el-Fasher, as reported by a report issued by the university analysis team.

One eyewitness who communicated stated he had seen "numerous of our relatives getting executed - they were assembled in a single location and each one murdered."

Paramilitary Leaders Seek to Conduct Damage Control

In the days that followed the atrocity, militia chief admitted that his forces had carried out "atrocities" and said the events would be examined.

Included among arrested was after a report detailing his killings. Deliberately orchestrated and edited footage posted on the militia's authorized social media account show the commander being escorted into a prison room at a jail on the edges of the city.

Meanwhile, the militia and connected online accounts started trying to reshape the story.

Content showing its militiamen providing assistance to inhabitants were circulated by various individuals, while the militia's communications team published numerous videos allegedly to display the humane treatment of military captives.

In spite of the digital campaign being deployed by the paramilitary, their activities in the city have generated worldwide condemnation.