‘We’re all sorry,’ uncle of Moroccan little one who died earlier than rescue

“We’re all sorry,” the uncle of Moroccan little one who died after falling in a nicely, Mohammed Kharshish, informed Reuters the morning after the kid’s physique was retrieved by rescue groups close to the northern city of Chefchaouen.

5-year-old Rayan Awram fell into the nicely on Tuesday (February 1), triggering giant rescue efforts that gripped the nation and plenty of across the phrase.

Having eliminated a lot of the adjoining hillside and delicately tunnelling a horizontal passage into the nicely, rescuers lastly managed to retrieve his physique late on Saturday (February 5).

King Mohammed despatched condolences to his mother and father, an announcement carried by state media reported.