Updated: 5 year-old Moroccan boy rescued from well after 4 days

Moroccan emergency authorities have now rescued Rayan, a 5-year-old boy who fell into a deep well four days ago.

Medical staff are on site to provide first aid, reports CGTN Africa.

But hours later CGTN deleted the ‘breaking news”, and now reported that the rescuers are entering the final stages of their operation to reach the boy.

Rescuers said they have now reached an access tunnel less than a meter from the boy but they are unsure if he is still alive.

A camera lowered into the well on Thursday showed him conscious but he appeared to have some minor head injuries.

Rescuers lowered food, water and oxygen into the well but it is unclear if he has used the supplies.

The boy, named by local media as Rayan, was reportedly playing near the well in the town of Tamorot, 100km (62 miles) from Chefchaouen on Tuesday.

He is believed to have fallen about 32m (104ft) through a narrow opening.
Bulldozers cut a massive trench next to the well.

Once the trench reached the same depth as the well, rescuers dug horizontally to reach the boy, a witness told Reuters news agency.

“We’re almost there,” said one of the operation’s leaders, Abdesalam Makoudi, on Friday afternoon.

“We’ve been working non-stop for three days and tiredness is kicking in, but the whole rescue team is hanging on.”

*WE apologise for the misleading report by CGTN