The RSF are administered by the National Intelligence and Security Service, although during military operations they are commanded by the Sudanese Armed Forces.[4] As of June 2019[update], the commander of the RSF is General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.[2] During the Sudanese political crisis of 2019, the military junta who took control of the country employed the RSF to violently crack down on pro-democracy demonstrators.[1] Along with other security forces, the RSF carried out the Khartoum massacre on 3 June 2019.[3][4][5]