Rescuers who are desperately trying to reach a five-year-old boy who fell into a well in northern Morocco five days ago say they are “almost there”.
The boy, named by local media as Rayan, was reportedly playing near the well in the town of Tamorot, 100km (62 miles) from Chefchaouen on Tuesday.
He is believed to have fallen about 32m (104ft) through a narrow opening.
Bulldozers have been used to cut a massive trench next to the well.
Once the dig reaches the same depth as the well, rescuers can start digging horizontally to reach the boy, a witness told Reuters news agency.
“We’re almost there,” said one of the operation’s leaders, Abdesalam Makoudi, on Friday afternoon. “We’ve been working non-stop for three days and tiredness is kicking in, but the whole rescue team is hanging on.”
[BBC]
