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Combatants laugh as they ride on the back of a pick-up truck, speeding past a series of multiple dead bodies and driving towards the sinking Sudan's sun.

"Look at such work. Observe this act of mass destruction," a combatant cheers.

The individual smiles as he points the recording device on his person and his associate fighters, their RSF insignia clearly shown: "These people are all going to be killed this way."

The men are rejoicing over a mass killing that relief organizations suspect claimed the lives of in excess of two thousand civilians in the African metropolis of the Darfur city in recent weeks.

A City Isolated from the Outside

Following their control of the city under blockade for almost two years, from the summer the RSF proceeded to reinforce its control and prevent access for the leftover civilian population.

Space-based imagery show that troops began to erect a enormous berm - a raised earthen wall - around the boundaries of the city, closing roads and halting aid.

During the encirclement intensified, seventy-eight people were slain in an militia attack on a religious building on September 19th, while the UN stated dozens more were killed in unmanned aircraft and heavy weapon attacks on a refugee settlement in the autumn.

Disturbing Video Reveals Weaponless Individuals Shot

At dawn on late October the paramilitary force conquered the final military defenses and took control of the main compound in the urban area, the main facility of the 6th Infantry Division, as the army retreated.

Among the most horrific videos to surface and analysed showed the aftermath of a massacre at a educational facility on the western side of the city, where scores dead bodies were visible strewn over the ground.

An elderly individual clad in a robe was seated isolated surrounded by the bodies. The man rotated to gaze as a fighter armed with a rifle proceeded along the stairs facing the individual. Raising his weapon, the shooter released a one bullet at the man, who dropped to the ground lifeless.

"How come is this individual yet living," another combatant exclaimed. "Execute this one."

Orbital photography captured on late October appeared to substantiate that killings were additionally conducted on the thoroughfares of the city, according to a analysis released by the academic research center.

One witness who provided testimony reported the individual had observed "numerous of our relatives being executed - the victims were gathered in one place and all murdered."

RSF Leaders Attempt to Carry Out Damage Control

During the period that followed the killings, militia leader acknowledged that his fighters had perpetrated "wrongdoings" and announced the incidents would be examined.

Among those detained was following a analysis detailing his executions. Deliberately choreographed and modified footage posted on the militia's official Telegram account show him being taken into a detention area at a detention facility on the perimeter of the city.

Meanwhile, the militia and affiliated online profiles began attempting to alter the narrative.

Updates depicting its fighters distributing supplies to inhabitants were shared by various accounts, while the militia's media office shared multiple clips claiming to display the proper treatment of military prisoners of war.

In spite of the social media initiative being used by the paramilitary, their actions in the city have generated worldwide anger.