According to sources an American tourist who tried to reach out to the pre-neolithic and isolated Sentinelese tribe in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands was killed by a single arrow shot by a tribal. Meanwhile John Allen Chau is believed to have died around November 17. He arranged his trip to the restricted island for missionary activities, the Andaman Police said, adding that efforts were on to locate his body.
Furthermore the incident took place in the restricted and unguarded North Sentinel Island, home to Sentinelese tribes. Accordingly seven locals including some fishermen who facilitated Chau’s visit have been arrested and they confirmed seeing Chau being cut down by an arrow while trying to contact the tribe and offering them gifts like a small football, playing ring, fishing line, scissors and medical kit.
Police said “During his attempts to befriend the tribals, he was shot with an arrow by an unknown person”. Moreover according to an Andaman journalist, Chau was keen to visit Sentinelese. His mother contacted the American Consulate in Chennai after he could not be reached for over a week, Denis Giles, editor of the Andaman Chronicle, told. The officials who spoke said they believed that the American did not take the mandatory permission to visit the island.
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