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Moroccan boy trapped in well dies before rescue

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A small boy trapped in a well in northern Morocco for five days died before rescuers were able to reach him late yesterday, two government officials said.

Footage posted on social media showed the scene after his body was recovered, with hundreds of distraught rescue workers and onlookers gathered at the site chanting to god and shining the flashlights of their phones into the air.

Rayan Awram, aged five, fell into...

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