Rayan Awram, the 5-year-old Moroccan boy who was trapped at the bottom of a 105ft well for days, has been found dead by rescue teams.
Gatekeepers News earlier reported that Rayan fell into a 32-metre (105-feet) shaft, located outside his home in the village of Ighran in the northern province of Chefchaouen, on Tuesday evening.
The rescue teams dug vertically and then horizontally, risking a landslide, and finally reached the boy on Saturday night and removed his body before rushing him away to be treated by doctors, as thousands of gathered villagers shouted prayers and well wishes.
However, government officials have now confirmed that the young boy could not be resuscitated, adding that he had tragically died before rescuers could reach him.
The boy’s body was wrapped in a gold blanket after he emerged from a tunnel dug specifically for the rescue operation.
The world had watched on with bated breath as fears persisted that the cave could collapse at any moment during the tense four-day dig.
Experts had warned that it was ‘impossible’ to confirm if the boy was still alive, having fallen into the well five days ago, as the rescue team finally reached the stranded boy on Saturday afternoon and sent him oxygen and water, but it is not known if he was able to use them.
