Five-year-old Rayan was rescued dead following spending five days at the bottom of a 32-meter well, according to a statement from the Cabinet of the Royal House of Morocco.
The statement, collected by the official agency MAP, was published immediately following the completion tonight of the rescue operation, which lasted five days and following having removed the child from the drilled hole.
The King Mohammed VI had a telephone conversation with Rayan’s parents to offer condolences, the note said, adding that the monarch was closely following the “tragic incident” Y He instructed all authorities to take all necessary measures to save the little boy.
The president “expressed his sincere condolences to the family in this painful incident,” the note said, adding that “maximum efforts” were deployed to save Rayan’s life.
The note noted that the king thanked the efforts of the authorities and public forces, civil society and the “strong” and “broad” solidarity expressed to the relatives of the child.
The case of the boy Rayan kept Morocco and the whole world on edge for the past five days.
