The rebels in Sudan captured the city of al-Fashir – and began to commit atrocities • Survivors who fled to a nearby city described: “There were mass murders, children were shot” • Abu Lulu, one of the main fighters, claimed on the networks before he was arrested: “The goal was to kill 2,000 civilians, but I have already killed many more”
The forces of the RSF, the rebels in the war in Sudan, captured the city of al-Fasher in the Darfur region this week after a year and a half of siege. Since the occupation of the city, they have murdered thousands of citizens who were there and the documents of the horror from the city have been distributed on the networks.
The rebels captured al-Fasher on Sunday, after a months-long siege characterized by shelling and starvation. After the occupation of the city, it was claimed that the rebels mistreated the residents. Survivors who arrived in the nearby town told the AFP news agency of mass murders, children shot and civilians beaten and robbed.
The Wall Street Journal revealed that the RSF established special units for the execution of civilians. The men of those units go door to door in the occupied city looking for all the non-Arab men and execute them. In addition, they rape non-Arab black women and arrest aid workers.
On Tuesday of this week, the commander of the rebels, Muhammad Hamdan Degalo, said that “there were violations of the procedures” and claimed that those involved would be arrested. Yesterday, the RSF reported that several fighters were arrested and charged with “violations that occurred during the liberation of al-Fasher.” The main detainee – a fighter named “Abu Lulu” who in a number of videos published on the Internet he carried out executions.
Abu Lulu’s records are hard to watch. In one of his Tiktok videos he said: “My goal was to kill 2,000 civilians, but I killed more. I’ve already lost count.” The RSF released a document in which Abu Lulu is allegedly behind bars. “Abu Lulu has been arrested and will be brought to a fair trial according to the law,” says one of the RSF members in the video.
Sudanese commentator Khalud Khair said she was skeptical that the alleged arrests would bring an end to the violence. “We fear that these atrocities will continue, especially against non-Arab groups,” she told AFP.
More than 36,000 people have fled al-Fasher since Sunday, according to the UN migration agency, while the fate of some 177,000 civilians still trapped in the city remains unknown.