Satellite images have revealed the tragic aftermath of a 48-hour massacre in Sudan which saw over 2,000 civilians executed by paramilitary rebels.
The sand around the western city of El Fasher is now stained red with pools of blood so thick they can be seen from space.
The satellite images also captured piles of bodies, of mainly women and children, who were tragically targeted during the two-day ethnic purge after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Following more than 18 months of brutal siege warfare, the group gained control over every state capital in the cast Darfur region.
Allies of the army, the Joint Forces, said on Tuesday that the RSF ‘committed heinous crimes against innocent civilians, where more than 2,000 unarmed citizens were executed and killed on October 26 and 27, most of them women, children and the elderly’.
The total death toll could not immediately be confirmed, but the shocking satellite images taken after the fall of El Fasher showed evidence of the mass killings.
Body-sized objects were seen in the satellite images clustered around vehicles and nearby an RSF sand berm built around the city. There have been reports of civilians being gunned down as they attempted to break out and flee the bloodshed.
Analysis by the Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL), which has been tracking the siege using open source images and satellite imagery, found clusters of objects ‘consistent with the size of human bodies’ and ‘reddish ground discolouration’ thought to be either blood or disturbed soil.
Satellite images have revealed the tragic aftermath of a 48-hour massacre in Sudan which saw over 2,000 civilians executed by paramilitary rebels
Bodies and blood: The sand around the western city of El Fasher is now stained red with pools of blood so thick they can be seen from space
Pool of blood: The total death toll could not immediately be confirmed, but the shocking satellite images taken after the fall of El Fasher showed evidence of the mass killing
Bodies and blood: The satellite images captured piles of bodies, of mainly women and children, who were tragically targeted during the two-day ethnic purge after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces
A woman who posted her health concerns on Reddit has been urged to go and see a doctor right away after posting a photo of her fingernail.
To be honest, it’s maybe not the best idea to take advice from random people on the internet, though taking to a Reddit forum is certainly an option to seek guidance before booking a doctors appointment.
Of course, it’s always advised to see a healthcare professional if you are worried, though people online can maybe help out if they’ve experienced similar symptoms.
One anonymous woman took to Reddit recently to share a photo of her fingernail, which has a dark tan line clearly visible.
“Dark Tan line showed up on my thumb nail, won’t go away,” she wrote.
Many Reddit users have flocked to the comments section of the post, with one person writing: “Have you been to a doctor yet? this is normally how melanoma (skin cancer) presents on the finger.”
The woman has been urged to visit the doctors (Getty Stock Photo)
Meanwhile, a second added: “Not to freak you out, OP, but would recommend a doctor visit and I recall something along these lines too. Hopefully we are confidently incorrect reddit folks!”
So, is such health symptom anything to worry about?
Well, Healthline explains ‘a small black line that forms vertically underneath your nail may be a splinter hemorrhage’. If the line is horizontal, it may be a ‘melanonychia’.
“These may be harmless or a sign of a more serious health condition,” the health site notes.
Thicker horizontal stripes on the nail are called ‘Beau lines’ and while not usually harmful, ‘nail discoloration in the nail bed can be a symptom of a type of cancer called subungual melanoma’.
The Redditor posted a photo of her fingernail (Reddit/Tough_nips)
Cleveland Clinic also speaks about the symptoms to look out for, and it details: “It usually appears as a dark, vertical (top to bottom) streak on your nail. Subungual melanoma is rare but serious. This type of skin cancer – called acral lentiginous melanoma – is an aggressive form of melanoma.”
The Redditor shared an update on the matter in the thread and wrote: “Got a referral to a dermatologist today from my regular doctor. Just waiting for them to call me.”
Hopefully, it’s good news for the Redditor!