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Militiamen laugh as they move on the rear of a pick-up truck, speeding alongside a row of multiple dead bodies and moving towards the setting Sudan's sunset.

"See such work. Observe this act of mass destruction," a combatant exclaims.

The individual smiles as he directs the camera on his own face and his fellow combatants, their paramilitary badges on display: "They shall all perish this way."

The combatants are celebrating a mass killing that aid workers fear resulted in the deaths of more than thousands of civilians in the Sudanese city of the Darfur city last month.

A City Severed from the World

Following their control of the community under blockade for almost 24 months, from late summer the militia advanced to consolidate its control and restrict the surviving civilian population.

Orbital photography demonstrate that troops started to construct a enormous sand wall - a elevated earthen wall - surrounding the perimeter of el-Fasher, sealing off roads and blocking relief supplies.

As the siege worsened, 78 civilians were murdered in an RSF attack on a place of worship on mid-September, while the international organization said dozens further were murdered in drone and heavy weapon strikes on a displacement camp in October.

Explicit Recording Reveals Defenseless Individuals Executed

By sunrise on late October the paramilitary force overwhelmed the last army defenses and captured the main base in the community, the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division, as the government forces retreated.

One of the most graphic videos to emerge and examined revealed the results of a massacre at a campus structure on the western side of the city, where numerous dead bodies were seen strewn over the floor.

An elderly person dressed in a robe sat by himself amongst the victims. The individual looked to gaze as a militiaman equipped with a rifle walked descending the staircase in the direction of him. pointing his firearm, the gunman discharged a one round at the man, who fell to the floor still.

"Why is this person yet living," a militiaman shouted. "Execute this person."

Orbital photography captured on October 26th appeared to substantiate that executions were also conducted on the roads of el-Fasher, based on a analysis published by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

One observer who spoke reported they had seen "numerous of our relatives being killed - they were assembled in one place and everyone murdered."

Militia Officers Try to Conduct Public Relations

Following the events that followed the massacre, RSF commander conceded that his forces had committed "violations" and announced the events would be looked into.

Among those apprehended was after a analysis documenting his killings. Deliberately choreographed and modified footage published on the paramilitary's authorized messaging account depict the individual being taken into a prison room at a detention facility on the perimeter of the city.

At the same time, the paramilitary force and connected online channels started trying to reshape the narrative.

Content depicting its combatants distributing aid to inhabitants were circulated by some users, while the paramilitary's media office shared numerous videos allegedly to display the humane handling of army prisoners of war.

Despite the social media effort being employed by the paramilitary, their activities in the city have provoked international anger.