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Combatants smirk as they travel on the rear of a transport truck, racing past a line of nine dead bodies and driving in the direction of the setting Sudanese sunset.

"See this extensive accomplishment. Look at this instance of genocide," one cheers.

The fighter grins as he turns the recording device on his person and his companion fighters, their RSF badges clearly shown: "They shall all die like this."

The combatants are exulting in a mass killing that humanitarian officials fear killed over two thousand people in the African metropolis of the Darfur city last month.

An Urban Center Cut Off from the Outside

Following their control of the city under siege for almost 24 months, from late summer the militia moved to strengthen its control and blockade the leftover inhabitants.

Orbital photography reveal that troops started to erect a immense earth barrier - a raised dirt embankment - surrounding the boundaries of the city, closing roads and blocking humanitarian assistance.

While the blockade intensified, multiple people were murdered in an militia strike on a place of worship on mid-September, while the United Nations reported 53 further were killed in aerial and heavy weapon attacks on a displacement camp in the autumn.

Graphic Video Depicts Defenseless People Shot

By sunrise on late October the paramilitary force defeated the final military defenses and took control of the central base in the community, the main facility of the Army Division, as the army withdrew.

Perhaps the most disturbing videos to appear and analysed depicted the consequences of a massacre at a university building on the western of the city, where scores corpses were observed scattered throughout the ground.

A senior man clad in a white tunic was seated isolated amid the bodies. He rotated to gaze as a combatant carrying with a firearm proceeded along the steps in the direction of him. Raising his firearm, the shooter released a single shot at the man, who collapsed to the floor motionless.

"For what reason is this one even living," one combatant exclaimed. "Execute this person."

Orbital photography taken on late October indicated to verify that executions were additionally carried out on the roads of the city, based on a report released by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

A key observer who spoke stated the individual had witnessed "numerous of our kin getting killed - the victims were assembled in a single location and all murdered."

Militia Leaders Try to Implement Public Relations

In the days that followed the atrocity, RSF chief acknowledged that his fighters had committed "violations" and announced the events would be examined.

Part of the detained was following a analysis recording his killings. Meticulously choreographed and edited footage posted on the militia's authorized social media channel depict the individual being led into a cell at a jail on the outskirts of el-Fasher.

At the same time, the militia and connected online accounts began seeking to reshape the account.

Updates depicting its fighters providing aid to civilians were shared by several individuals, while the militia's communications team released multiple clips allegedly to demonstrate the proper management of army captives.

In spite of the online effort being deployed by the paramilitary, their conduct in the city have generated worldwide anger.