Algeria: 10-year-old boy who fell into a well found dead after four days of searching
Rescuers extracted young Ayoub, lifeless, stuck 80 meters deep in a traditional well in El Bayadh.
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The 10-year-old boy who fell into an 80-meter well in Algeria was found dead on Saturday by rescuers after four days of a complex rescue operation in Ghassoul.
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Why It Matters
A 10-year-old child fell into a traditional well 80 meters deep in Ghassoul.
It’s a shock in Algeria. Rescuers found dead on Saturday the 10-year-old boy who had fallen into an 80-meter-deep well, some 550 km south of Algiers, Civil Protection reported.
The rescue operation had lasted four days to find the boy, whose fate had aroused great emotion in the country. Calls to save the man authorities identified as Ayoub had flooded social media.
The child “stuck under a thick layer of earth”
Civil Protection indicated in a press release that he had been located in the village of Ghassoul, in the wilaya of El Bayadh, and “extracted without life”. Rescuers had previously clarified that they were struggling to reach the boy, who fell into a well near his home, because he was “stuck under a thick layer of earth”.
In addition, the dry well had been dug using traditional methods with a diameter of only 40 centimeters, complicating the operation, according to Civil Protection.
Images broadcast by authorities and local media showed heavy construction equipment digging a large pit next to the well to reach the boy.
Open Questions
- What measures will be taken to secure unused traditional wells?
