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Now, the BBC has been hearing testimony from civilians who fled the Sudin city of Alfasia, where hundreds of people are reported to have been killed by the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the RSF. Their fighters, who had laid siege to the city for months, are accused of committing mass murder after capturing the Sudin Army's last outpost in the west of the country.
Some civilians have escaped the town of Tawila. And a warning. Barbara PL usher's report now does include images of people who've suffered serious gunshot wounds.
They've been through days of terror traveling a dangerous road to escape a city under attack amongst the thousands who fled as the RSF seized alaser in a chaos of violence. Having walked nearly 50 miles at this last checkpoint, finally getting a ride to the camp in Tawila, some of them arrived badly wounded. The men are often a target. The RSF suspicious they belong to the army.
As Aden Hassan says, it's a miracle he made it here alive. "We were divided into groups and beaten. The scenes were extremely brutal. We saw people executed in front of us. We saw people being beaten. It was really terrible. We went without food or water for 3 days while walking in the streets."
Ahmed Osman Ibrahim got shot three times as he fled alas. "There were seven of us who left together. The four of them, they killed them. They beat them and killed them."
The fall of Alfasir is a major victory for the paramilitaries, a turning point in Sudan's civil war. But it's the evidence of atrocities that has captured world attention. RSF fighters posting video showing mass killings of unarmed people. The group has admitted some violations but issued this footage claiming to help the people who flee Alasir.
In fact, aid agencies worry how few have made the journey to safety in Tawila. "Supposed to be about half about about a quarter million people in in Fasher. Uh but so far in the past few days, we only had about 5,000 people reaching Teawa. uh which may sound like good news originally, but in reality it means that people are not reaching humanitarian aid and that they're most probably uh stuck either in a faser or on the way for now."
Toila offers a sanctuary, but no one here feels safe. Barbara Plat Usher, BBC News, Nairobi.
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