وَفاةُ الطِّفْلِ أَيُّوبَ بَعْدَ أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنَ الْبَحْثِ
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سَقَطَ أَيُّوبُ، وَهُوَ طِفْلٌ في الْعاشِرَةِ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، في بِئْرٍ جافَّةٍ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعاءِ. وَقَعَ الْحادِثُ في قَرْيَةٍ قُرْبَ بَلَدِيَّةِ الْغَسُّولِ، في وِلايَةِ الْبَيِّضِ جَنوبَ غَرْبِ الْجَزائِرِ. كانَ عُمْقُ الْبِئْرِ نَحْوَ ثَمانينَ مِتْرًا، وَكانَ قُطْرُها أَرْبَعينَ سَنْتيمِتْرًا.
عَمِلَتْ فِرَقُ الْحِمايَةِ الْمَدَنِيَّةِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَيّامٍ لِلْوُصولِ إِلَيْهِ. لَمْ تَسْتَطِعِ الْفِرَقُ النُّزولَ في الْبِئْرِ الضَّيِّقَةِ، فَحَفَرَتْ بِئْرًا أُخْرَى قُرْبَها، ثُمَّ مَمَرًّا إِلَيْها. وَصَعَّبَتِ التُّرْبَةُ الرَّخْوَةُ وَالصُّخورُ الصَّلْبَةُ عَمَلَ الْمُنْقِذينَ.
تابَعَ كَثيرٌ مِنَ النّاسِ الْعَمَلِيَّةَ وَسانَدوا أُسْرَةَ أَيُّوبَ. وَيَوْمَ السَّبْتِ، وَجَدَ الْمُنْقِذونَ أَيُّوبَ مُتَوَفًّى وَأَخْرَجوا جُثَّتَهُ. وَجَعَلَ الْحادِثُ النّاسَ يَتَحَدَّثونَ مَرَّةً أُخْرى عَنْ حِمايَةِ الْآبارِ في الْمَناطِقِ الرِّيفِيَّةِ.
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Algerian Boy Dies After Four-Day Rescue Effort
Ayoub, a ten-year-old child, fell into a dry well on Wednesday. The incident happened in a village near Ghassoul municipality, in El Bayadh province in southwest Algeria. The well was about 80 metres deep and 40 centimetres wide.
Civil Protection teams worked for four days to reach him. The teams could not go down into the narrow well, so they dug another well beside it and then a passage towards it. Loose soil and hard rocks made the rescuers’ work difficult.
Many people followed the operation and supported Ayoub’s family. On Saturday, rescuers found Ayoub dead and recovered his body. The incident made people discuss well safety in rural areas again.
Key Vocabulary
| Arabic | Part of speech | English |
|---|---|---|
| بِئْرٌ | noun | well |
| جافٌّ | adjective | dry |
| قُطْرٌ | noun | diameter |
| الْحِمايَةُ الْمَدَنِيَّةُ | noun | Civil Protection |
| مَمَرٌّ | noun | passage |
| رَخْوٌ | adjective | loose; soft |
| صَخْرٌ | noun | rock |
| مُنْقِذٌ | noun | rescuer |
| سانَدَ | verb | to support |
Sources
- Al Jazeera English: Algeria civil defence recovers body of 10-year-old boy from well
- AFP: فرق الإنقاذ الجزائرية تنتشل جثة الطفل أيوب بعد أيام من سقوطه في بئر
- الجزيرة نت: نهاية مأساوية.. وفاة الطفل أيوب بعد 4 أيام من سقوطه في بئر بالجزائر
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