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Evening Standard
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Elly Blake and Michael Howie

‘My heart is aching’: Tragedy as five-year-old Rayan trapped in well in Morocco for four days dies

The king of Morocco has sent his condolences to the family of a five-year-old boy who died after spending four days trapped in a 32m deep well in the north of the country.

King Mohammed VI released a statement confirming that the little boy had died since becoming trapped in the northern hill town of Chefchaouen on Tuesday.

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