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Combatants smirk as they travel on the back of a transport truck, speeding alongside a series of multiple lifeless forms and driving facing the descending Sudan's evening sky.

"Observe all this accomplishment. Look at this instance of ethnic cleansing," one cheers.

He smiles as he turns the video equipment on his own face and his associate combatants, their Rapid Support Forces insignia clearly shown: "The victims are all going to perish in this manner."

The men are celebrating a mass killing that humanitarian officials believe claimed the lives of over two thousand individuals in the Sudan's metropolis of the Darfur city last month.

A City Cut Off from the Outside

Following their control of the urban area under blockade for approximately two years, from the summer the paramilitary force moved to reinforce its position and prevent access for the leftover civilian population.

Space-based imagery show that forces started to construct a immense sand wall - a raised sand barrier - around the boundaries of al-Fashir, closing access routes and preventing relief supplies.

As the siege worsened, multiple people were slain in an paramilitary assault on a place of worship on 19 September, while the international organization stated 53 more were slain in drone and heavy weapon strikes on a displacement camp in the autumn.

Disturbing Video Reveals Weaponless Individuals Shot

At dawn on 26 October the militia defeated the last army strongholds and took control of the central headquarters in the urban area, the command center of the Military Unit, as the government forces withdrew.

Among the most disturbing recordings to appear and analysed depicted the aftermath of a atrocity at a educational facility on the west of the urban area, where scores dead bodies were observed spread over the area.

An elderly person dressed in a traditional garment remained alone amid the bodies. He turned to gaze as a militiaman equipped with a firearm moved descending the stairs towards the victim. lifting his firearm, the gunman discharged a solitary shot at the man, who collapsed to the floor motionless.

"Why is this individual yet alive," one fighter shouted. "Execute this one."

Satellite images recorded on October 26th appeared to verify that executions were additionally carried out on the roads of the city, based on a study issued by the academic research center.

A key witness who spoke said he had seen "numerous of our relatives being killed - the victims were collected in a specific area and all eliminated."

Militia Commanders Attempt to Carry Out Public Relations

In the days that came after the killings, RSF commander acknowledged that his fighters had committed "wrongdoings" and stated the events would be looked into.

Part of the detained was subsequent to a investigation documenting his killings. Deliberately staged and modified video published on the RSF's official social media account show the individual being escorted into a prison room at a prison on the outskirts of al-Fashir.

At the same time, the militia and associated online profiles began attempting to alter the account.

Updates depicting its fighters handing out assistance to residents were circulated by several accounts, while the force's public relations unit published multiple videos claiming to demonstrate the compassionate treatment of government prisoners of war.

Regardless of the social media initiative being used by the paramilitary, their actions in el-Fasher have generated global condemnation.