Inaayah Makda, from Blackburn<\/a>, went missing<\/a> after a wave suddenly crashed onto the rocks and swept her into the ocean in Casablanca<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n Other family members were reportedly also dragged out by the wave, but managed to get back to shore.<\/p>\n Her father, Zubair Makda, told Blackburn-based UCTV that their family was on rocks half a metre high at the time. He said: \u201cInaayah was on the rock behind me. We got swept to the right and she got swept to the left. Before that, I did not see where Inaayah was, as she got swept away so quickly.<\/p>\n \u201cI couldn’t find her at all. We are trying to get help.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n The family was on holiday in Casablanca when the tragic incident happened (Getty\/iStock)<\/p>\n Blackburn MP Adnan Hussein, who has spoken to Inaayah\u2019s father and aunt, said he was urgently raising this matter with the UK authorities, including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), as well as the Moroccan ambassador.<\/p>\n Mr Hussein told The Independent: \u201cThis is an utterly heartbreaking and deeply distressing situation. In this unimaginably difficult time for the family, my thoughts are with them, with Inaayah, and with everyone who loves and cares for her. <\/p>\n \u201cThe whole of Blackburn is holding Inaayah and her loved ones in their prayers. I will continue to do all that I possibly can to support the family during this devastating time.\u201d<\/p>\n A family member in the UK told the Lancashire Telegraph: \u201cWe are all really worried. You can understand this is really distressing for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n They told the paper that their family had not been made aware of any dangers of going onto the rocks, and were caught by surprise when a large wave crashed down. <\/p>\n Inaayah\u2019s parents remain in Casablanca, where they are reportedly turning to a privae search operator to help with their search.<\/p>\n A FCDO Spokesperson said: \u201cWe are supporting the family of a British national reported missing in Morocco and are in contact with the local authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n Moroccan authorities have been contacted by The Independent for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-398101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iStock-482675298.jpeg\")
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