Moroccans say farewell to boy who died in well - "the son of us all"

Mourners gather during the funeral of 5-year-old child, Rayan Awram, who died after being trapped in a well, near Chefchaouen, Morocco February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Chakir Lakhlifi

Hundreds of mourners gathered to pay their final respects on Monday to the Moroccan boy who died on Saturday after a days-long effort to rescue him from a well that transfixed the country and many abroad.

Five-year-old Rayan Awram fell into the well in Ighran village on Tuesday. His body was finally pulled out late on Saturday after rescuers excavated much of an adjacent hillside and then tunnelled toward the bottom of the well.