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Fighters smirk as they ride on the bed of a pick-up truck, hurrying past a series of nine dead bodies and moving in the direction of the descending Sudan's sun.

"See all this work. Look at this act of mass destruction," a fighter shouts.

The individual smiles as he turns the camera on his person and his fellow fighters, their Rapid Support Forces badges on display: "The victims will all perish in this manner."

These individuals are rejoicing over a massacre that aid workers fear resulted in the deaths of in excess of 2,000 individuals in the Sudan's city of the Darfur city during October.

An Urban Center Cut Off from the Outside

Following their control of the community under siege for approximately 24 months, from the summer the RSF moved to reinforce its control and prevent access for the surviving residents.

Orbital photography show that forces began to construct a immense sand wall - a raised dirt embankment - encircling the boundaries of the city, closing roads and preventing humanitarian assistance.

During the encirclement intensified, multiple individuals were slain in an militia attack on a mosque on September 19th, while the international organization reported 53 more were slain in drone and artillery attacks on a displacement camp in October.

Explicit Video Depicts Defenseless Civilians Gunned Down

At dawn on late October the paramilitary force conquered the final government positions and took control of the central headquarters in the city, the command center of the 6th Infantry Division, as the government forces retreated.

One of the most horrific footage to appear and analysed depicted the results of a massacre at a university building on the western side of the city, where scores lifeless forms were seen spread over the area.

A senior individual dressed in a white tunic sat by himself amid the victims. The man rotated to look as a fighter equipped with a weapon walked descending the staircase towards the victim. Raising his weapon, the gunman fired a solitary bullet at the victim, who collapsed to the ground still.

"For what reason is this one yet alive," a fighter shouted. "Shoot this one."

Orbital photography recorded on 26 October appeared to confirm that executions were also conducted on the roads of the city, based on a study issued by the academic research center.

An observer who provided testimony said the individual had observed "multiple of our relatives being killed - these individuals were gathered in one place and all eliminated."

Militia Leaders Seek to Implement Public Relations

Following the events that came after the killings, paramilitary chief admitted that his troops had carried out "atrocities" and announced the events would be examined.

Among those detained was following a analysis recording his murders. Deliberately choreographed and edited footage shared on the RSF's official messaging account show him being taken into a prison room at a detention facility on the edges of al-Fashir.

Simultaneously, the RSF and affiliated digital channels started trying to reshape the account.

Posts depicting its fighters handing out supplies to residents were circulated by several accounts, while the force's communications team released numerous recordings allegedly to show the proper treatment of army prisoners of war.

Despite the online initiative being deployed by the paramilitary, their activities in al-Fashir have provoked global outrage.