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28 March 2024

Girl plunges to death into well

Her body was retrieved after a two-hour operation (SUPPLIED)

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A 15-year-old Saudi girl plunged to her death into an empty water well in the Gulf kingdom and her relatives blamed a local company which drilled the well, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

The girl was strolling in an area near her house in the western province of Alula when she fell nearly 50 metres to the bottom of the well, 'Alriyadh' said.

Police and civil defence, using advanced laser cameras, saw her body lying at the bottom of the well and conducted a two-hour operation to pluck it out.

“Her family said it was the fault of the company which drilled the well then abandoned it because there is no water it in…they said there was no sign showing there is a well in that area,” the paper said, adding that police are investigating the incident.