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Combatants laugh as they ride on the rear of a transport truck, speeding past a row of several corpses and heading towards the sinking African evening sky.

"Observe all this work. Look at this act of ethnic cleansing," a fighter shouts.

The individual beams as he points the recording device on his own face and his associate fighters, their paramilitary insignia clearly shown: "The victims will all die in this manner."

These individuals are exulting in a mass killing that aid workers believe resulted in the deaths of over 2,000 civilians in the African metropolis of el-Fasher during October.

An Urban Center Cut Off from the World

After maintaining the urban area under blockade for almost two years, from the summer the paramilitary force advanced to reinforce its position and restrict the remaining inhabitants.

Space-based imagery reveal that forces commenced to build a enormous berm - a elevated sand barrier - encircling the perimeter of el-Fasher, closing access routes and halting relief supplies.

During the encirclement worsened, seventy-eight people were murdered in an RSF strike on a place of worship on September 19th, while the UN reported dozens more were killed in unmanned aircraft and cannon strikes on a refugee settlement in October.

Explicit Footage Reveals Unarmed Civilians Executed

By sunrise on late October the militia overwhelmed the last military strongholds and captured the primary compound in the urban area, the headquarters of the Army Division, as the army pulled back.

One of the most horrific footage to surface and examined revealed the consequences of a mass killing at a university building on the western side of the urban area, where numerous corpses were seen scattered across the area.

An elderly man dressed in a traditional garment remained alone surrounded by the bodies. The man rotated to look as a militiaman armed with a rifle moved down the staircase towards him. lifting his firearm, the fighter fired a one round at the individual, who collapsed to the floor motionless.

"How come is this individual still breathing," another fighter exclaimed. "Execute him."

Space-based imagery taken on 26 October appeared to verify that executions were furthermore performed on the streets of el-Fasher, as reported by a study issued by the university analysis team.

An eyewitness who communicated stated they had observed "numerous of our kin being executed - the victims were assembled in a single location and all eliminated."

Militia Leaders Try to Conduct Damage Control

During the period that came after the killings, militia commander admitted that his forces had committed "wrongdoings" and announced the events would be investigated.

Included among arrested was after a investigation detailing his murders. Carefully staged and modified video posted on the militia's formal messaging account reveal him being escorted into a cell at a prison on the edges of al-Fashir.

Meanwhile, the militia and connected digital profiles began seeking to reshape the account.

Updates depicting its fighters providing supplies to residents were disseminated by some individuals, while the militia's public relations unit released several videos purporting to display the proper treatment of army prisoners of war.

Despite the social media campaign being employed by the militia, their activities in the city have provoked worldwide condemnation.