"Thousands of people are feared to have been murdered in the western Sudanese city of el-Fasher, capital of North Darfur state, since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized it. El-Fasher fell on Sunday after 18 months of RSF siege, which blocked the entry of food and essentials for hundreds of thousands of people trapped inside. list of 4 itemsend of list Sudan has been ravaged by a civil war for the past two-and-a-half years,"
"Some 1.2 million people in the city had been under siege for 18 months, forced to survive on animal feed as the RSF built 56km (35-mile) of barriers, preventing entry of food and medicine and sealing off escape routes. Videos shared online and verified by Al Jazeera's Sanad verification agency showed RSF fighters executing and torturing people. RSF members have frequently recorded themselves committing atrocities in the past."
The RSF seized el-Fasher after an 18-month siege that blocked food and essentials and trapped about 1.2 million residents. Casualty estimates range from about 1,500 to 2,000 people, with thousands feared murdered during the capture. Siege conditions forced residents to survive on animal feed while the RSF constructed 56 km of barriers that prevented entry of food and medicine and sealed escape routes. Videos showed RSF fighters executing and torturing people, and RSF members have previously recorded atrocities. Mass killings, detentions and attacks on hospitals occurred, with evidence of summary executions and indications of ethnic motivations. Satellite imagery and remote-sensing analysis identified clusters of objects and ground discolouration consistent with human bodies and pools of blood. The wider civil war in Sudan has caused an estimated 40,000 deaths and displaced about 12 million people.
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