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Fighters chuckle as they move on the bed of a utility vehicle, speeding past a line of several dead bodies and driving in the direction of the setting African sunset.

"Observe this extensive effort. Look at this instance of ethnic cleansing," one cheers.

He grins as he directs the camera on his own face and his associate combatants, their RSF identification on display: "They are all going to die this way."

The men are exulting in a mass killing that aid workers fear killed over two thousand individuals in the Sudanese city of al-Fashir during October.

A City Isolated from the World

Having held the city under blockade for approximately two years, from August the militia moved to strengthen its dominance and restrict the surviving civilian population.

Orbital photography demonstrate that forces started to erect a enormous berm - a elevated dirt embankment - around the edges of the city, blocking entry points and blocking humanitarian assistance.

While the blockade worsened, 78 people were murdered in an militia assault on a mosque on 19 September, while the international organization reported dozens more were slain in aerial and heavy weapon bombardments on a refugee settlement in the autumn.

Disturbing Video Shows Unarmed Individuals Shot

In the early morning on late October the paramilitary force conquered the remaining army strongholds and took control of the main headquarters in the community, the headquarters of the Army Division, as the military withdrew.

One of the most disturbing footage to appear and examined showed the results of a massacre at a university building on the western of the community, where numerous dead bodies were seen spread throughout the area.

An elderly person wearing a robe remained by himself surrounded by the corpses. The individual looked to look as a militiaman carrying with a firearm walked descending the stairs towards him. Raising his firearm, the fighter fired a one shot at the individual, who dropped to the floor motionless.

"How come is this individual yet living," one combatant shouted. "Shoot this one."

Orbital photography captured on October 26th indicated to substantiate that shootings were also carried out on the thoroughfares of the city, based on a analysis published by the university analysis team.

An witness who spoke reported they had observed "multiple of our family members being executed - these individuals were assembled in a single location and each one killed."

Paramilitary Officers Try to Implement Damage Control

Following the events that came after the atrocity, RSF chief acknowledged that his fighters had committed "wrongdoings" and announced the occurrences would be looked into.

Part of the arrested was after a analysis documenting his executions. Carefully staged and modified video shared on the paramilitary's official messaging platform depict him being led into a cell at a detention facility on the edges of the city.

Meanwhile, the RSF and associated online accounts started attempting to alter the narrative.

Content presenting its fighters providing assistance to civilians were shared by some individuals, while the paramilitary's public relations unit published numerous videos purporting to show the compassionate treatment of army prisoners of war.

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