"Abubakr Ahmed was ready to die on the soil he had fought so hard to defend from Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). For 550 days, he fought as a member of the popular resistance, a neighbourhood group formed to help the army and aligned armed groups protect el-Fasher from the RSF, their rival in the two-and-a-half-year civil war. The besieged city was the last army stronghold in the sprawling region of Darfur, until it fell on October 26."
"The RSF killed civilians and left their corpses in the streets, Ahmed, 29, told Al Jazeera after he had escaped el-Fasher. They were killed without mercy. In the first three days after capturing el-Fasher, the RSF killed at least 1,500 people, according to the local monitor Sudan's Doctors' Network. The figure includes the killings of 460 patients and their companions from the local al-Saud hospital, which has also been verified by the World Health Organization."
Thousands of civilians remain trapped in el-Fasher, many hiding from RSF fighters after the city fell on October 26. Abubakr Ahmed fought 550 days with the popular resistance defending el-Fasher before escaping wounded. The Sudanese Armed Forces surrendered and negotiated the safe exit of troops to prevent a bloodbath, but their withdrawal left 250,000 civilians starving and exposed to RSF assaults. Local monitors reported at least 1,500 people killed in the first three days, including 460 patients and companions from al-Saud hospital, a finding verified by the World Health Organization. Verified videos showed RSF troops executing or standing over corpses, and over 33,000 people fled to nearby towns.
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