On October 26‑27, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces captured the western city of Al‑Fassir, reportedly executing approximately 2,000 civilians from non‑Arab minorities during a weeklong siege.
RSF Confesses to Massacre in Al‑Fassir
German newspaper Bild reports that the Rapid Support Forces admitted using terror during the “Liberation of Al‑Fassir.” Victims were civilians belonging to non‑Arab minorities. According to the Polish Institute of International Affairs, RSF’s actions are driven by a racial superiority ideology of wandering Arab tribes over the indigenous African population.
Al‑Fassir Captured in Oct. 26‑27
RSF seized Al‑Fassir after a siege that began in spring 2023 and lasted nearly a year. Estimates suggest about 2,000 people were killed by executions following the city’s fall. PISM media noted that social media was later flooded with brutal content; satellite images show blood stains outside houses.
Sudan’s Prolonged Conflict
The civil war erupted in April 2023, though hostilities have persisted for a decade. Bild estimates more than 150,000 Sudanese have died in 2½ years. PISM highlighted the predictable but unaddressed drama that drew little international response, and the lack of evacuation for civilians from an area about 50 kilometres beyond RSF control, leaving only 5,000 of 260,000 residents safe.
