Shaken, scratched and left with just the clothes he is wearing, Ezzeldin Hassan Musa describes the brutality of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the wake of the paramilitary group taking control of el-Fasher city in the Darfur region.
He says its fighters tortured and murdered men trying to flee.
Now in the town of Tawila, lying exhausted on a mat under a gazebo, Ezzeldin is one of several thousand people who have made it to relative safety after escaping what the UN has described as horrific violence.
On Wednesday, RSF leader Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo admitted to violations in el-Fasher and said they would be investigated. A day later a senior UN official said the RSF had given notice that they had arrested some suspects.
About an 80km (50-mile) journey from el-Fasher, Tawila is one of several places where those lucky enough to escape the RSF fighters are fleeing to.
We left el-Fasher four days ago. The suffering we encountered on the way was unimaginable, Ezzeldin says.
We were divided into groups and beaten. The scenes were extremely brutal. We saw people murdered in front of us. We saw people being beaten. It was really terrible.
I myself was hit on the head, back, and legs. They beat me with sticks. They wanted to execute us completely. But when the opportunity arose, we ran, while others in front were detained.
In the next tent in the clinic run by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Yusra Ibrahim Mohamed describes making the decision to flee the city after her husband, a soldier with the Sudanese army, was killed. We managed to escape,” she recounts, detailing the dangers along the way.
People guiding us didn't know what was happening. If someone resisted, they were beaten or robbed. They would take everything you had. People could even be executed. I saw dead bodies in the streets.
Alfadil Dukhan works in the MSF clinic. He and his colleagues have been providing emergency care to those who arrive - among them, he says, are 500 in need of urgent medical treatment.
“Most of the new arrivals are elders and women or children. The wounded are suffering, and some of them already have amputations,” he adds.
Experts express concerns over the relatively low numbers escaping from el-Fasher, stating many remain trapped in perilous conditions as the situation continues to deteriorate.
Ezzeldin's message for the outside world is urgent: Public roads should be secured for citizens, and humanitarian aid must reach those in need, as many are still missing and suffering.
