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Combatants chuckle as they ride on the bed of a pick-up truck, speeding by a line of nine lifeless forms and moving in the direction of the sinking Sudan's sunset.

"See all this work. See this instance of mass destruction," a combatant cheers.

The fighter smiles as he directs the video equipment on his own face and his fellow fighters, their paramilitary insignia on display: "These people will all perish in this manner."

The men are celebrating a mass killing that aid workers fear resulted in the deaths of over thousands of people in the African city of the Darfur city during October.

A Community Severed from the Outside

Having held the community under blockade for nearly 24 months, from August the RSF proceeded to consolidate its position and restrict the leftover residents.

Space-based imagery show that troops started to construct a immense sand wall - a elevated earthen wall - around the perimeter of el-Fasher, sealing off roads and halting aid.

During the encirclement escalated, 78 civilians were slain in an paramilitary strike on a mosque on September 19th, while the UN reported 53 more were murdered in aerial and artillery attacks on a makeshift community in October.

Graphic Video Shows Defenseless People Executed

In the early morning on October 26th the RSF overwhelmed the final army positions and took control of the primary compound in the community, the headquarters of the Army Division, as the government forces withdrew.

Among the most horrific videos to appear and studied showed the aftermath of a atrocity at a educational facility on the western side of the urban area, where numerous corpses were observed scattered across the floor.

An elderly individual wearing a traditional garment remained isolated surrounded by the victims. He rotated to look as a militiaman armed with a firearm moved down the steps in the direction of the victim. pointing his rifle, the gunman released a solitary round at the man, who collapsed to the ground motionless.

"For what reason is this person even breathing," one combatant shouted. "Execute this one."

Orbital photography captured on October 26th seemed to substantiate that shootings were furthermore conducted on the roads of the city, based on a study released by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

An witness who spoke said he had observed "numerous of our family members being killed - the victims were assembled in a single location and each one killed."

Militia Commanders Seek to Implement Reputation Management

During the period that ensued from the atrocity, militia commander conceded that his fighters had committed "atrocities" and announced the occurrences would be examined.

Part of the detained was subsequent to a report recording his murders. Deliberately choreographed and produced video posted on the paramilitary's authorized messaging channel show the commander being led into a prison room at a detention facility on the edges of the city.

At the same time, the paramilitary force and affiliated digital channels started seeking to alter the story.

Posts depicting its militiamen handing out aid to civilians were shared by various users, while the force's public relations unit published numerous videos claiming to demonstrate the proper treatment of army prisoners of war.

Despite the social media campaign being employed by the RSF, their conduct in al-Fashir have generated worldwide anger.