Algerian authorities recover body of 10-year-old Ayoub after fall into borehole
Translated from Arabic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Algerian authorities recovered the body of 10-year-old Ayoub four days after he fell into a dry borehole in Rakna village, El Bayadh province.
- Rescue teams located the child at the bottom of the borehole, which was about 80 meters deep and only 40 centimeters wide.
- Civil protection said authorities and private responders mobilized available personnel and equipment during the rescue operation.
Rescuers in Algeria recovered the body of 10-year-old Ayoub four days after he fell into a dry borehole in Rakna village, in the municipality of Ghassoul, El Bayadh province.
The child fell on Wednesday into a shaft about 80 meters deep and no more than 40 centimeters wide. The narrow, deep bore made access extremely difficult and complicated the rescue operation.
Algeria’s civil protection service said its teams located Ayoub inside the dry borehole before retrieving him. They found him dead. Local authorities, various agencies and private responders took part in the operation, mobilizing the available personnel and equipment.
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Originally published by Télégraphe in Arabic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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