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Militiamen laugh as they move on the back of a pick-up truck, hurrying past a row of multiple corpses and driving in the direction of the setting Sudanese sun.

"Look at such effort. See this act of ethnic cleansing," a fighter shouts.

The individual smiles as he turns the video equipment on his person and his associate fighters, their RSF identification clearly shown: "These people will all be killed this way."

The combatants are celebrating a massacre that relief organizations fear resulted in the deaths of in excess of thousands of civilians in the Sudanese city of al-Fashir last month.

A City Cut Off from the World

Following their control of the urban area under encirclement for approximately 24 months, from the summer the militia proceeded to consolidate its control and restrict the leftover residents.

Satellite images show that troops started to erect a immense earth barrier - a elevated dirt embankment - encircling the edges of al-Fashir, sealing off entry points and blocking humanitarian assistance.

During the encirclement worsened, multiple civilians were killed in an militia assault on a place of worship on September 19th, while the international organization reported dozens further were slain in unmanned aircraft and artillery bombardments on a displacement camp in October.

Graphic Recording Shows Unarmed Individuals Shot

By sunrise on October 26th the RSF overwhelmed the last government positions and took control of the central base in the city, the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division, as the government forces retreated.

Among the most horrific videos to appear and examined revealed the aftermath of a atrocity at a campus structure on the west of the urban area, where numerous corpses were visible spread throughout the floor.

A senior individual wearing a robe was seated alone amid the victims. The individual rotated to glance as a fighter carrying with a firearm moved descending the staircase towards the victim. Raising his weapon, the shooter released a one round at the man, who fell to the floor still.

"For what reason is this individual still living," one militiaman exclaimed. "Shoot him."

Space-based imagery taken on late October indicated to substantiate that executions were additionally carried out on the thoroughfares of el-Fasher, according to a study released by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

One witness who spoke said they had witnessed "numerous of our family members being killed - they were gathered in one place and all eliminated."

RSF Commanders Try to Carry Out Reputation Management

In the days that came after the killings, paramilitary leader acknowledged that his forces had carried out "atrocities" and said the incidents would be investigated.

Part of the arrested was after a investigation recording his executions. Meticulously orchestrated and edited footage published on the militia's official messaging channel show the commander being led into a cell at a detention facility on the edges of the city.

Simultaneously, the RSF and associated online accounts started trying to reframe the account.

Updates showing its militiamen providing supplies to inhabitants were disseminated by several individuals, while the paramilitary's public relations unit shared multiple recordings allegedly to demonstrate the humane handling of army captives.

In spite of the social media campaign being deployed by the RSF, their activities in the city have generated worldwide outrage.