Funeral of child Rayan held in Morocco

MOROCCO, Feb. 07 (YPA) – The funeral of the Moroccan child, Rayan, took place on Monday afternoon prayers, whose story provoked the feelings of citizens of many countries of the world after he was stuck in a well for five consecutive days.

Hundreds of mourners flocked to perform the funeral prayer for the child Rayan, 5 years old, and bury his body at Zawia cemetery in the province of Chefchaouen.

The surroundings of the Ighran roundabout, in which the funeral of the child Rayan was held, witnessed significant security reinforcements, according to the Moroccan newspaper ‘Hespress’.

The child, Rayan, fell into a dry, narrow well, 32 meters long, last Tuesday.

Social media across the Arab world was abuzz with messages of support and grief for the death of Rayan, and messages of praise for the rescue workers who tried to rescue him.

YPA