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Algerian rescue workers recover body of 10-year-old boy trapped in well

Rescue operations ended Saturday night in northwestern Algeria for a 10-year-old boy trapped in a well. Ayoub Hadaf died in the well despite the rescue operations that had been underway for several days, his grandfather, Ahmed Hadef, and officials announced on Saturday night.

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00:00Days of rescue efforts ended in tragedy on Saturday after Algerian emergency workers
00:06recovered the body of a young boy trapped in a well.
00:10Ten-year-old Ayub Haddaf fell into the dry well at a farm in Ghassoul in El Bayad province
00:17in Algeria's northwest.
00:20The country's civil defense was in charge of the operation.
00:25The rescue operation began in two ways, with the discovery of a parallel vertical shaft
00:31and through a large-scale excavation.
00:33The operation was a success largely thanks to the identification of the shaft's layout
00:39and the operation was subsequently able to begin to extract the victim safely.
00:45Unfortunately, he passed away, may God rest his soul.
00:50Rescuers said they struggled to reach the boy because he was trapped beneath a thick layer
00:55of soil.
00:57The 80-metre deep well was only 40 centimetres in diameter, complicating the operation.
01:05Eyewitnesses say the well had been covered, but its lining had eroded over time.
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01:13Thanks, family.
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