Thousands who fled a key frontline city in Sudan's war as it fell to paramilitaries were targeted in killing fields around it by the group, after the military's top brass secured their own safe passage.

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More than 60,000 people are still missing and humanitarians fear that the city of Al Fashir's remaining 200,000 residents are being held hostage by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters.

In our investigation with Sudan War Monitor and Lighthouse Reports, we can reveal the harrowing fate of civilians and soldiers who fled the city in the hours after senior commanders and officers left the garrison.

Some 70,000 people have escaped Al Fashir since it was captured on 26 October, according to the DTM matrix of the Internati

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