Videos Show RSF militia Executing Civilians in El Fasher

 

Activists and local sources accused elements of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia on Sunday of carrying out direct executions of civilians in Abu Shouk camp, north of El Fasher, and in the Shagra area near the city in North Darfur.

 

 

These accusations were further reinforced by video clips of the horrific executions.

 

 

Since the middle of last week, the militia has intensified its violations against civilians in El Fasher, coinciding with increased shelling of the city and escalating ground clashes, in an attempt to seize control of the last stronghold of central authority in the Darfur region.

 

 

Local sources told Sudan Tribune that RSF militia elements opened fire on young men in the Shagra area on the road leading from El Fasher to Tawila, killing 12 civilians. They indicated that RSF members opened fire on unarmed young men in Shagra, about 13 kilometers west of El Fasher, on the pretext of smuggling goods into the city, which has been under a harsh siege since April 2024.

 

 

On Saturday, the militia launched artillery shelling on neighborhoods in El Fasher and Abu Shouk camp, killing at least 30 civilians.

 

The Coordination of El Fasher Resistance Committees said, in a statement, that the RSF militia carried out direct liquidation operations yesterday against a number of citizens residing in Abu Shouk camp without any reason or resistance.

 

 

The RSF militia also arrested a number of other residents and took them to unknown locations, with no information on their fate yet.

 

 

The statement explained that the RSF militia elements began infiltrating and penetrating the Abu Shouk camp for displaced persons (IDPs), north of El Fasher, on Saturday night, in a new attack targeting unarmed civilians.

 

 

Activists widely circulated a video clip showing a militia commander asking an unarmed citizen about the location of the commander of the Sixth Infantry Division—the army base in El Fasher—to which the citizen replied, “I don’t know. I’m an ordinary citizen who owns a restaurant.”

 

 

The militiaman then asked him another question about his tribe before firing a volley of bullets from his personal weapon, hitting the citizen in various parts of his body and killing him instantly.

 

 

The victim was Ahmed Gandoul, who owned a restaurant in El Fasher market and was forced to relocate to Naivasha Market, which has become the only operating restaurant in the city due to the ongoing fighting since May 11, 2024.