Rescuers find body of toddler who fell into a well in Spain

Miners drilled into the narrow, 100m-deep borehole from the side to reach the two-year-old boy

Staff and agencies
Sat 26 Jan 2019 02.42 GMT

Rescuers have found the body of the two-year-old boy who fell into a well in southern Spain almost two weeks ago.

Miners had been drilling day and night to reach Julen Roselló, who became trapped in the 100m-deep (300 feet) borehole, which was only 25 cm (10 inches) wide and blocked with soil.

The complex and heart-wrenching operation, which was beset with technical difficulties and setbacks, has gripped Spain.

But in the early hours of Saturday a spokeswoman from the provincial government of Málaga said that rescue crews had found the boy’s remains. She added that a judicial commission had been set up into the accident.

Julen fell into the borehole on 13 January as his family walked through a private estate in Totalan, Málaga.

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