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Rescue attempts to save 5-year-old Rayan in Morocco

A general view shows the site where rescuers are working to reach a five-year-old boy trapped in a well in the northern hill town of Chefchaouen, Morocco. (Reuters)

A general view shows a well into which a five-year-old boy fell in the northern hill town of Chefchaouen, Morocco. (Reuters)

Rescuers stand near the hole of a well into which a five-year-old boy fell in the northern hill town of Chefchaouen, Morocco. (Reuters)

The father of a five-year old boy trapped in a well, waits as rescuers work to reach his son in the northern hill town of Chefchaouen, Morocco. (Reuters)

Crowds gather near the hole of a well into which a five-year-old boy fell in the northern hill town of Chefchaouen, Morocco. (AFP)

Rescuers stand near the hole of a well into which a five-year-old boy fell in the northern hill town of Chefchaouen, Morocco. (AFP)

Updated 5 February 2022 17:03

Arab News

February 5, 2022 16:30

RABAT: Moroccan rescuers were only meters away Saturday afternoon in their nerve-wracking but increasingly urgent effort to rescue Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped underground whom they hope to find alive.