Condolences pour in from around the world as boy who fell down well is buried in Morocco

Morocco on Monday buried five-year-old Rayan, a boy who was trapped in a well for days while rescuers struggled to reach him. The strenuous operation drew global attention, and people from around the world have sent messages of condolences.

Rayan was pulled out Saturday from a 32-metre deep dry well where he had been trapped for five days. The funeral took place after noon prayers on Monday in Ighran, a village in Morocco’s mountainous north.

The boy was laid to rest in a plot where other family members are buried at the hilltop Zawiya cemetery, six kilometres away from the village. Scores