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Combatants chuckle as they ride on the rear of a transport truck, speeding past a series of nine corpses and moving in the direction of the sinking African sunset.

"See all this effort. See this mass destruction," a fighter cheers.

The fighter beams as he turns the recording device on himself and his companion combatants, their RSF badges on display: "The victims will all be killed like this."

The combatants are exulting in a mass killing that humanitarian officials fear resulted in the deaths of in excess of thousands of people in the Sudanese metropolis of the Darfur city during October.

An Urban Center Severed from the Outside

Following their control of the community under encirclement for nearly an extended period, from late summer the militia proceeded to consolidate its dominance and prevent access for the leftover civilian population.

Satellite images demonstrate that fighters began to construct a enormous berm - a built-up sand barrier - encircling the edges of el-Fasher, sealing off roads and halting humanitarian assistance.

As the siege intensified, seventy-eight civilians were killed in an paramilitary assault on a place of worship on mid-September, while the UN said 53 additional were killed in unmanned aircraft and heavy weapon strikes on a makeshift community in October.

Graphic Footage Shows Weaponless Civilians Executed

At dawn on 26 October the RSF defeated the last government defenses and captured the central base in the city, the main facility of the 6th Infantry Division, as the government forces pulled back.

Perhaps the most graphic videos to surface and analysed depicted the aftermath of a atrocity at a campus structure on the western of the community, where numerous lifeless forms were observed scattered throughout the floor.

An elderly man dressed in a traditional garment remained isolated surrounded by the bodies. He turned to gaze as a fighter armed with a firearm proceeded descending the steps towards the victim. Raising his weapon, the fighter released a single shot at the man, who collapsed to the floor lifeless.

"Why is this person even breathing," one fighter cried. "Execute this one."

Satellite images taken on October 26th indicated to substantiate that shootings were furthermore performed on the thoroughfares of el-Fasher, as reported by a analysis published by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

A key eyewitness who provided testimony said the individual had observed "many of our family members being massacred - they were collected in a single location and everyone murdered."

Militia Officers Attempt to Conduct Damage Control

During the period that came after the massacre, militia leader admitted that his fighters had perpetrated "violations" and stated the incidents would be looked into.

Included among arrested was following a report detailing his executions. Deliberately staged and produced footage published on the RSF's official social media channel reveal him being led into a prison room at a prison on the outskirts of the city.

Simultaneously, the RSF and associated digital accounts began trying to alter the narrative.

Content presenting its combatants distributing aid to inhabitants were shared by some accounts, while the militia's public relations unit published several recordings purporting to demonstrate the humane management of military detainees.

In spite of the online effort being used by the RSF, their actions in al-Fashir have generated global condemnation.