31.10.2025
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said several of its fighters have been detained as videos of mass executions and atrocities in el-Fasher circulate online.
Following global outcry over apparent atrocities during the capture of el-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they have detained several of its own fighters.
Various extremely graphic videos have emerged since el-Fasher was seized over the weekend, appearing to show mass executions and other crimes being committed by RSF forces.
One of the detainees is believed to be a man known as “Abu Lulu”, who appears in multiple videos circulating online. He has been recorded carrying out executions of unarmed people, the French AFP news agency reported.
AFP said it had verified a clip in which Abu Lulu is seen firing at unarmed men at close range, while another shows him standing among dozens of corpses and burnt vehicles.
The RSF released a video appearing to show Abu Lulu behind bars in what they claimed to be a North Darfur prison.
The Centre for Information Resilience — an NGO that exposes human rights violations — said it has identified six different RSF fighters from the available video material, including Abu Lulu.
The CIR said it had analyzed footage emerging from el-Fasher and confirmed that “mass killings are taking place.”
“The casualties likely include both combatants and civilians, as CIR identified women and men in civilian clothing among those killed,” the NGO said.
El-Fasher is the capital of North Darfur State and was the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in Darfur.
Following an 18-month siege — marked by mass starvation and heavy bombardment — it fell to the RSF.
Shortly after, reports and videos of atrocities began circulating, with RSF fighters accused of massacring people they came upon.
Survivors who managed to reached the nearby town of Tawila spoke of mass killings, children shot before their parents and civilians beaten and robbed as they fled. AFP
Abu Lulu under arrest for mass executions.