ELIZABETH PALMER:
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We know they executed civilians because they posted videos of it. Shooting men and boys and, witnesses say, more than 400 patients and families in a hospital. [GUNSHOT] [GUNFIRE] This is ethnic slaughter. Arab fighters killing African tribal Sudanese. After some women and children were allowed to flee, El-Fasher was cut off, with no phones or internet, but a team at Yale has been watching from space. Help us.
ELIZABETH PALMER:
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Natty Raymond heads the Humanitarian Research Lab. Traditionally we use a lot of what's called photogrammetry.
ELIZABETH PALMER:
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That is analyzing satellite photos, like this one of a residential neighborhood and shapes on the ground in pools of red. The only explanation we can get is that red color around an object that is between 1.3 to 2 meters, that is blood. So we're looking at a collection of people who've basically been executed. Yes. This is what a massacre looks like in an urban area where civilians are trapped in their houses. 50 miles away, those lucky enough to escape are stranded in refugee camps, while international condemnation focuses on the United Arab Emirates. It backs these fighters who, back in El-Fasher, have committed mass murder and are now trying to hide their crimes. Have you any idea how many people have been murdere? We have seen at least two mass graves so far. And then, as of yesterday, we've seen the first evidence of large-scale burning. We're missing about 200,000 people. We know that for sure. Last week, the State Department said that the US was trying to craft a humanitarian truce in Sudan. But for the victims of El-Fasher, Jericka, it's already too late.
JERICKA DUNCAN:
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Elizabeth Palmer, thank you so much.
