RSF Fighters Arrested Amid Reports of Atrocities in El-Fasher

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have detained several of their fighters after videos emerged showing mass executions and other atrocities in El-Fasher, North Darfur.

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 RSF released a video appearing to show Abu Lulu behind bars in what the group claimed to be a North Darfur prison.

The Centre for Information Resilience, an NGO that exposes human rights violations, announced that it has identified six different RSF fighters from the available video material, including Abu Lulu. The CIR reported that it had analyzed footage emerging from El-Fasher and confirmed that "mass killings are taking place."

In a briefing to the United Nations Security Council, UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said there were "credible reports of widespread executions" after the RSF entered El-Fasher.

El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, was the Sudanese army's last stronghold in Darfur amid a war with the RSF since April 2023, which has caused one of the biggest humanitarian crises worldwide. 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. El-Fasher has been cut off from all communications since its capture, but survivors who managed to reach the nearby town of Tawila spoke of mass killings, children shot before their parents, and civilians beaten and robbed as they fled.