Morocco, shocked by the tragic death of "little Rayan"

• Morocco Rescued the dead boy Rayan from the well after five days trapped

Morocco

is shocked, the day after the discovery of the lifeless body of little

, who accidentally fell into a well earlier this week and rescuers could not save, despite five days of relentless efforts, which were watched by the world. whole.

The case of

has captured world attention since last Tuesday he fell into a

well , which prompted a complex operation to remove him without knowing if he was alive.

Shortly before 10:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. GMT) on Saturday,

's parents were seen with disjointed faces when they entered the open tunnel to access the well, from which the child would come out.

They came out soon after and left in an ambulance without saying a word.

After a moment of confusion, the crowd that had waited for days dispersed into

.

"After the tragic accident that cost the life of the boy

, His Majesty

called the parents of the deceased, who died after falling into a well," the Moroccan royal cabinet said in a statement.

's body

was extracted shortly before the

shaft through a tunnel dug by rescuers.

He was taken to an ambulance, along with his parents, without it being immediately known if he was alive.

The outcome of the operation was anxiously awaited both in the Maghreb kingdom and in the rest of the world, with messages of solidarity and encouragement that flooded social networks.

"I am completely devastated

," reacted an Internet user who followed the events on his Twitter account.

But the reactions came from all corners of the world after the news of the minor's death.

"I want to tell the family of little

and the Moroccan people that we share their pain," French President

wrote on Facebook .

's courage

will remain in our memories and continue to inspire us," AC Milan's Algerian midfielder Ismael Bennacer wrote on Twitter, alongside a drawing of a child lifted into the sky by a balloon-shaped balloon.

"Hero"

Getting to the bend into which the boy had fallen on Tuesday required a

.

In the final phase, the operations were carried out manually, to avoid vibrations that could cause a collapse, the authorities of the town of

, not far from the town of Bab Berred, in the Moroccan province of Chefchaouen, explained to AFP.

A helicopter with medical supplies was soon at the scene for an eventual transfer.

In the images obtained by a probe camera,

, explained on Saturday morning .

.

Rescuers sent him oxygen and water through tubes and bottles, without any certainty that the boy had used them.

At dawn, a large rock hindered the tunnel construction work, until it was managed after three hours of effort, with the help of small electrical equipment.

Thousands of people came to show their solidarity and camped there despite the bitter cold of this mountainous area of ​​the Rif, at an

.

Loud applause greeted each appearance of the excavators, such as volunteer

a man in his 50s who dug the first few meters with his hands and became a hero on social media.

Police deployed reinforcements to prevent the crowd from disrupting rescue efforts.

The tragedy began with the disappearance of the child on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. GMT): "The whole family mobilized to look for him until we realized that he had fallen into the well," said, in tears, the mother of the little boy.

This accident recalls a tragedy that occurred in Spain in 2019 when a two-year-old boy died after falling into an abandoned well 24 centimeters in diameter and more than 100 meters deep in Andalusia.

After a major operation, the remains of the minor were recovered 13 days later.

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