Videos reviewed by BBC Verify show men wearing RSF insignia boasting of killing locals in Al Sherifa.
Analysis by BBC Verify of videos showing fighters boasting of a massacre and later mocking survivors has identified those responsible as apparently belonging to Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces .
Shortly after Keikal's defection, fighters launched a series of at least 69 reprisal attacks on towns and villages in Gezira state between 20 October and 4 November, according data recorded by the war monitoring organisation Armed Conflict Location and Event Data . We have confirmed that this video was filmed in al-Seriha by comparing buildings and other elements within the videos with satellite imagery of the town.
The troops left locals in no doubt that the massacre had been carried out in response to Keikal's defection.We were able to match landmarks in this video such as trees and the shape of nearby buildings seen in the videos to satellite images of al-Seriha. While it's not possible to rule this out, the BBC has seen three separate videos filmed by the fighters themselves, in which RSF insignia can be seen on the uniforms of those involved.into the attacks on al-Sehira and other towns in Gezira state since Keikal's defection on 20 October, identified the RSF as the perpetrators.condemning the killings in al-Seriha and other towns in Gezira state and identifying the RSF as being responsible for these attacks.
Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director at the Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab told the BBC that in a separate image taken on 30 October, the graves appear to have been recently dug given the distinct shape of the mounds and the colour of the surrounding earth. In the graphic above, we've shown a satellite image from 6 December which more clearly shows the cemetery.
"Say baa, you dogs, say baa, say baa. You dare again to take up arms, don't mess with the Rapid Support Forces."
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