El Fasher: Darfur 60,000 Killed In Three Weeks

60,000 Killed In 3 Weeks (low estimate) | 5,000 Killed In 3 Days | 2,000 Killed In The First 48 h | 460 Killed In a Hospital | 130,000 Children Were Trapped | 150,000 Still Missing

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El Fasher, North Darfur

El Fasher was one of the last cities in Darfur not under RSF control. It endured an 18-month siege marked by starvation, blocked aid, the shooting of relief workers — and repeated drone strikes targeting civilians and shelters for displaced people.

Reports from Al Fashir indicate that between Sunday, October 26, and Tuesday, October 28, at least 5,000 civilians may have been killed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). At least 2,000 people were killed in the first 48 hours.

According to local sources, 460 people were reportedly killed in the Saudi Hospital. Additional reports cite mass shootings at an university and a dormitory, with hundreds of victims across these sites.

*Approximately 130,000 children are believed to remain in the city, many of whom have lost one or both parents to executions. UNICEF warns that these children are at extreme risk.

No evacuation measures were implemented during the withdrawal of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

Satellite evidence from Yale University and Human Rights Watch confirms mass graves and bodies across El Fasher. The killings were systematic and ethnically targeted — primarily against non-Arab populations.

Since October 26, more than 70,000 people have fled El Fasher — most of them on foot, walking over 65 kilometers through arid desert terrain to reach Tawila. The journey is perilous, with no shelter, food, or medical care along the way.

RSF fighters filmed their own crimes

RSF fighters documented their own atrocities in El Fasher, sharing videos of mass executions, dehumanizing abuse, and gunfire directed at fleeing civilians. In one verified clip, a fighter makes a peace sign before shooting an unarmed man crawling on the ground. Others show RSF members laughing while machine-gunning civilians, posing beside corpses, or parading through the city on motorcycles and camels. These recordings are not isolated — they reflect a pattern of deliberate violence and impunity.

Current Estimates

The Dutch journalist, conflict analyst, cartographer, and activist Thomas van Linge stated on the platform X that a ‘low’ estimate of 60,000 people had been killed in El Fasher within a period of just three weeks.

„This current low estimation would make El Fasher by far and large the largest single mass murder event of the 21st century, largest in 32 years actually (since Rwanda).“

Thomas van Linge, @ThomasVLinge | X

Quellen:

@_jugendinfo (German news page) | @bsonblast (activist) | Thomas van Linge | The Guardian |

Yale Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL)