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Fighters chuckle as they move on the back of a utility vehicle, hurrying by a row of multiple dead bodies and moving facing the sinking Sudanese evening sky.

"See all this work. Observe this act of genocide," a combatant shouts.

The fighter beams as he points the video equipment on his own face and his associate militiamen, their RSF insignia visible: "These people shall all be killed in this manner."

The men are rejoicing over a atrocity that humanitarian officials suspect killed in excess of two thousand individuals in the Sudan's urban center of the Darfur city during October.

An Urban Center Cut Off from the Outside

After maintaining the urban area under encirclement for nearly an extended period, from late summer the militia advanced to consolidate its control and restrict the remaining residents.

Orbital photography reveal that fighters started to build a massive berm - a elevated dirt embankment - around the edges of al-Fashir, closing roads and preventing relief supplies.

While the blockade worsened, multiple people were murdered in an paramilitary strike on a mosque on mid-September, while the UN said dozens further were killed in drone and artillery bombardments on a refugee settlement in fall.

Graphic Video Shows Weaponless People Shot

By sunrise on late October the paramilitary force overwhelmed the final military defenses and took control of the main compound in the community, the command center of the 6th Infantry Division, as the government forces withdrew.

One of the most disturbing footage to emerge and studied showed the results of a atrocity at a educational facility on the western of the city, where dozens dead bodies were observed spread over the area.

An elderly individual wearing a traditional garment was seated isolated amongst the corpses. The man turned to look as a fighter carrying with a firearm moved down the steps facing the victim. lifting his rifle, the fighter released a single shot at the man, who collapsed to the floor still.

"For what reason is this individual still living," another fighter shouted. "Kill him."

Space-based imagery recorded on 26 October appeared to confirm that killings were additionally conducted on the streets of the city, as reported by a analysis published by the academic research center.

One observer who provided testimony said he had witnessed "multiple of our kin being massacred - they were gathered in a specific area and all murdered."

Paramilitary Commanders Try to Implement Public Relations

During the period that followed the killings, paramilitary chief acknowledged that his fighters had committed "atrocities" and said the incidents would be examined.

Part of the apprehended was after a investigation recording his executions. Deliberately orchestrated and edited footage shared on the RSF's authorized messaging channel reveal him being taken into a prison room at a jail on the edges of al-Fashir.

Simultaneously, the paramilitary force and connected social media profiles began seeking to reframe the story.

Posts showing its combatants handing out aid to residents were circulated by some users, while the paramilitary's media office published multiple recordings purporting to show the proper management of army detainees.

Despite the online campaign being employed by the RSF, their actions in al-Fashir have sparked worldwide outrage.