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Militiamen chuckle as they move on the back of a utility vehicle, racing by a row of several corpses and driving towards the descending Sudanese sunset.

"Observe this extensive accomplishment. Look at this instance of mass destruction," a combatant exclaims.

The fighter grins as he directs the camera on himself and his companion fighters, their paramilitary identification on display: "The victims shall all be killed this way."

The combatants are celebrating a atrocity that aid workers suspect resulted in the deaths of in excess of 2,000 civilians in the Sudan's city of el-Fasher last month.

An Urban Center Severed from the Outside

Having held the urban area under siege for nearly 24 months, from August the militia advanced to consolidate its control and prevent access for the leftover inhabitants.

Satellite images demonstrate that fighters began to build a immense berm - a built-up earthen wall - around the edges of the city, blocking roads and halting humanitarian assistance.

While the blockade escalated, seventy-eight civilians were killed in an RSF attack on a mosque on September 19th, while the UN reported dozens further were murdered in drone and heavy weapon strikes on a makeshift community in October.

Disturbing Recording Reveals Defenseless Civilians Gunned Down

At dawn on October 26th the militia overwhelmed the final government strongholds and took control of the central base in the community, the command center of the 6th Infantry Division, as the army retreated.

One of the most disturbing videos to surface and studied showed the aftermath of a mass killing at a educational facility on the western side of the urban area, where numerous dead bodies were seen strewn over the floor.

A senior man clad in a traditional garment sat by himself amid the victims. He rotated to glance as a militiaman equipped with a weapon proceeded descending the staircase in the direction of the victim. Raising his firearm, the shooter fired a solitary bullet at the individual, who fell to the ground motionless.

"How come is this individual still alive," a combatant cried. "Shoot him."

Orbital photography taken on 26 October indicated to confirm that killings were also conducted on the roads of al-Fashir, based on a report released by the academic research center.

One witness who spoke said he had witnessed "multiple of our kin getting massacred - the victims were collected in one place and all murdered."

RSF Officers Try to Carry Out Public Relations

During the period that came after the massacre, RSF chief acknowledged that his forces had carried out "violations" and stated the occurrences would be examined.

Among those arrested was after a analysis documenting his killings. Carefully choreographed and modified footage shared on the militia's formal social media platform reveal the individual being taken into a cell at a prison on the edges of el-Fasher.

Meanwhile, the paramilitary force and associated online accounts started trying to reshape the account.

Content presenting its combatants handing out aid to civilians were disseminated by some individuals, while the force's media office released several recordings claiming to demonstrate the humane management of government detainees.

Despite the social media effort being deployed by the paramilitary, their activities in el-Fasher have generated global anger.