Our Task Is Exclusively Executing' - The Way Sudan's Brutal Paramilitary Group Conducted a Mass Killing

Militiamen chuckle as they travel on the bed of a pick-up truck, racing past a row of nine dead bodies and driving facing the setting Sudanese sun.

"See all this accomplishment. Look at this act of genocide," one shouts.

He smiles as he turns the camera on his own face and his associate fighters, their RSF badges clearly shown: "The victims shall all perish this way."

The men are celebrating a atrocity that relief organizations fear killed over 2,000 civilians in the Sudanese urban center of el-Fasher in recent weeks.

An Urban Center Severed from the World

Following their control of the community under encirclement for approximately two years, from August the paramilitary force advanced to strengthen its control and restrict the surviving residents.

Satellite images reveal that troops began to construct a massive berm - a elevated sand barrier - around the boundaries of el-Fasher, closing roads and halting aid.

As the siege worsened, seventy-eight individuals were killed in an paramilitary strike on a religious building on mid-September, while the international organization stated fifty-three additional were killed in unmanned aircraft and artillery strikes on a makeshift community in fall.

Explicit Video Depicts Weaponless Civilians Gunned Down

In the early morning on late October the RSF overwhelmed the final government positions and took control of the primary compound in the urban area, the headquarters of the Army Division, as the government forces retreated.

One of the most horrific footage to appear and examined showed the consequences of a massacre at a educational facility on the western of the urban area, where dozens lifeless forms were visible strewn over the floor.

An older person wearing a white tunic remained isolated amongst the bodies. The individual turned to glance as a fighter equipped with a weapon walked down the staircase facing the individual. Raising his rifle, the shooter discharged a single shot at the man, who collapsed to the surface still.

"For what reason is this individual yet living," a combatant shouted. "Kill this one."

Space-based imagery taken on October 26th seemed to substantiate that shootings were furthermore performed on the roads of el-Fasher, according to a report issued by the academic research center.

One observer who provided testimony said the individual had observed "numerous of our kin being massacred - these individuals were assembled in a specific area and each one killed."

Paramilitary Commanders Attempt to Implement Public Relations

Following the events that ensued from the killings, RSF chief admitted that his forces had committed "violations" and said the occurrences would be examined.

Part of the detained was after a analysis detailing his killings. Meticulously orchestrated and modified footage shared on the RSF's authorized messaging channel reveal the commander being taken into a prison room at a detention facility on the perimeter of al-Fashir.

At the same time, the paramilitary force and connected social media channels began trying to reframe the account.

Updates presenting its fighters providing aid to residents were disseminated by various individuals, while the force's communications team released several videos purporting to demonstrate the compassionate management of government prisoners of war.

In spite of the online campaign being used by the RSF, their actions in el-Fasher have sparked global condemnation.