KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has expressed his condolences to the family of five-year-old Rayan Oram, who died yesterday after being trapped for five days in a well in a village in northern Morocco.
Ismail Sabri, through a post on his Facebook account, said it was absolutely heartbreaking to learn about Rayan’s tragic death that has been confirmed by Morocco’s Royal Court.
The boy was trapped in a 32-m-deep well for five days in his village of Ighran, located in the hills near Chefchaouen, northern Morocco.
“The entire Keluarga Malaysia and I extend our sincere and heartfelt condolences to Rayan’s family. May Allah SWT grant him the highest rank of Jannah. Al-Fatihah,” he said.
Morocco’s Royal Court confirmed late yesterday the death of the boy shortly after he was rescued and taken to a nearby hospital. – Bernama, February 6, 2022