Boy who was rescued from deep well in Morocco has died, says King
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA five-year-old boy who was trapped in a deep well for four days has died, the Moroccan royal palace has said. King Mohammed VI expressed his condolences to the boy’s parents in a statement released by the palace.
The boy, Rayan, was pulled out on Saturday by rescuers after a lengthy operation that caught global attention. An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw the boy wrapped in a yellow blanket after he emerged from a tunnel dug specifically for the rescue. READ MORE:Ashton MP Angela Rayner says sons need panic buttons and police escort after death threats His parents had been escorted to an ambulance before the boy emerged.
Rayan fell into a 105ft well outside his home in the village of Ighran in Morocco’s mountainous northern Chefchaouen province on Tuesday.
He was trapped in a hole too narrow for rescuers to reach safely. For three days, search crews used bulldozers to dig a parallel ditch.
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