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Combatants laugh as they travel on the back of a utility vehicle, racing alongside a row of multiple corpses and moving in the direction of the setting Sudan's sunset.

"Observe such work. Observe this genocide," one shouts.

The individual smiles as he turns the video equipment on himself and his companion combatants, their RSF insignia clearly shown: "The victims shall all die this way."

The men are rejoicing over a massacre that humanitarian officials suspect claimed the lives of over two thousand individuals in the Sudanese metropolis of el-Fasher during October.

A Community Cut Off from the Outside

After maintaining the city under encirclement for approximately 24 months, from August the militia moved to consolidate its position and blockade the remaining inhabitants.

Satellite images reveal that troops commenced to construct a enormous sand wall - a elevated sand barrier - encircling the boundaries of al-Fashir, sealing off entry points and blocking humanitarian assistance.

As the siege escalated, seventy-eight individuals were killed in an RSF attack on a religious building on 19 September, while the UN said 53 more were murdered in drone and artillery attacks on a refugee settlement in the autumn.

Disturbing Footage Shows Weaponless People Shot

In the early morning on 26 October the militia overwhelmed the remaining military defenses and seized the central compound in the urban area, the main facility of the 6th Infantry Division, as the government forces withdrew.

One of the most disturbing recordings to emerge and studied depicted the aftermath of a atrocity at a university building on the western of the urban area, where scores dead bodies were seen spread over the floor.

An older person wearing a robe remained alone amongst the corpses. The man rotated to look as a combatant armed with a rifle proceeded along the stairs towards the victim. lifting his rifle, the gunman discharged a solitary bullet at the man, who collapsed to the ground lifeless.

"How come is this one even alive," a fighter exclaimed. "Shoot this person."

Satellite images taken on late October indicated to verify that executions were furthermore conducted on the thoroughfares of al-Fashir, according to a study issued by the academic research center.

One eyewitness who provided testimony said they had observed "many of our relatives getting killed - the victims were collected in a single location and everyone murdered."

Militia Officers Try to Carry Out Reputation Management

Following the events that followed the massacre, militia leader acknowledged that his troops had perpetrated "violations" and said the occurrences would be examined.

Included among arrested was subsequent to a analysis detailing his murders. Carefully staged and modified recording posted on the militia's authorized Telegram platform depict the commander being led into a detention area at a detention facility on the edges of the city.

Meanwhile, the RSF and associated social media profiles commenced trying to reframe the story.

Updates depicting its militiamen providing assistance to inhabitants were disseminated by several users, while the force's public relations unit shared multiple videos purporting to show the humane management of government captives.

In spite of the online effort being employed by the RSF, their actions in el-Fasher have sparked global outrage.