Sudan’s ongoing civil conflict reached new levels of brutality as a notorious paramilitary leader executed men at close range, later disseminating the gruesome footage on social media. This shocking incident has further highlighted the savagery of the country’s escalating crisis.

The disturbing video, which was analyzed by the BBC, captures the actions of Abu Lulu, a brigadier general in the feared Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In the footage, he is seen coldly killing nine defenseless captives in the city of el-Fasher, located in Darfur. This city recently fell into the hands of the militants following an 18-month siege.

Another clip reveals Abu Lulu—whose real identity is Al-Fateh Abdullah Idris—verbally assaulting a wounded man. He threatens the victim with sexual violence before ruthlessly ending the man’s life with an automatic weapon, according to reports by the BBC.

Further evidence of the chaos and violence is seen in additional footage where Abu Lulu stands with armed men dressed in RSF-like uniforms, surrounded by countless lifeless bodies.

These horrifying scenes were shared on a TikTok account, where Abu Lulu had amassed a following of over 220,000 people, further amplifying the terror of his actions.

TikTok officials later confirmed to the BBC that the social media platform banned the account associated with Abu Lulu that had been sharing the sickening videos.

The footage comes after the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab said that satellite images taken of the besieged city appear to show evidence of mass killings carried out in the streets.

According to some estimates, as high as 2,000 civilians have been slaughtered by RSF militants since the city fell on Sunday.

The Yale researchers said their findings were “consistent with reports of executions” shared online and by the UN and human rights groups in recent days.

They stressed the “discoloration” in the images, which the analysts said may be human blood stains.

The RSF later said it had arrested Abu Lulu, and posted a photo showing him being led into a prison cell in handcuffs.

“In implementation of the leadership’s directives, and in adherence to the law, rules of conduct, and military discipline during wartime, our forces have arrested a number of individuals accused of violations that occurred during the liberation of the city of Al-Fashir, foremost among them, a man known as (Abu Lu’lu’ah),” RSF said.

“Specialized legal committees have begun investigating them in preparation for bringing them to justice.”

The RSF has been fighting for control of Sudan in a bloody civil war with the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) since 2023 after the two sides’ precarious ruling coalition collapsed, according to the BBC.

More than 150,000 people have been killed in total and a further 12 million have fled the war-torn region.

The SAF has reportedly gained ground against the RSF — including recapturing the capital in Khartoum in the north. RSF still has a stronghold on nearly all of Darfur.

On Tuesday, some 460 patients and their companions were slaughtered at a Saudi Hospital RSF soldiers, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization.

RSF soldiers also went house to house, beating people and shooting them — including women and children, according to witnesses. Thousands of others have attempted to flee to safety.

RSF leaders said in a statement that the paramilitary group “categorically denied” those allegations, which it said were part of an “intensive propaganda campaign” with “no connection to reality,” the New York Times reported.

The city of el-Fasher was the last major urban center in the region still held by government forces and its allies until it fell.

The capture of el-Fasher by the RSF raises fears that Africa’s third-largest nation may again split and dive again into a genocidal civil war, with the paramilitaries holding Darfur and the military holding the capital, Khartoum and the north and east of the country.

Nearly 15 years ago, oil-rich South Sudan gained independence following years of civil war.

The UN Security Council convened an emergency meeting on Sudan this week amid international alarm over the bloodshed.

With Post wires