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Sentinel Island: calls to leave body of American killed by tribespeople
Source: The Guardian
Sentinel Island: calls to leave body of American killed by tribespeople
Attempts to retrieve remains of John Chau dangerous for both sides, says charity
Michael Safi in Delhi
Tue 27 Nov 2018 13.27 GMT First published on Tue 27 Nov 2018 09.20 GMT
Indian authorities have been urged to abandon their efforts to recover the body of an American man killed while trying to preach Christianity to the isolated residents of a remote island.
Police in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, an Indian territory in the Bay of Bengal, have made two boat trips to the area near North Sentinel Island since the missionary John Allen Chau was killed 11 days ago.
Chau, 26, was last seen by fishermen leaving for the island on the morning of 16 November after writing in his diary that he wanted to “declare Jesus” to its residents, members of a virtually “uncontacted” tribe thought to be at least 30,000 years old and known to aggressively resist outsiders.
Fishermen, who Chau allegedly paid 25,000 rupees (£277) to smuggle him to the island, say they saw what looked like his body being buried in the sand the next morning.
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Survival International, a group which advocates for the rights of tribal peoples, has called on Indian authorities to abandon any recovery efforts, which it said would be “incredibly dangerous” for both sides.
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Attempts to retrieve remains of John Chau dangerous for both sides, says charity
Michael Safi in Delhi
Tue 27 Nov 2018 13.27 GMT First published on Tue 27 Nov 2018 09.20 GMT
Indian authorities have been urged to abandon their efforts to recover the body of an American man killed while trying to preach Christianity to the isolated residents of a remote island.
Police in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, an Indian territory in the Bay of Bengal, have made two boat trips to the area near North Sentinel Island since the missionary John Allen Chau was killed 11 days ago.
Chau, 26, was last seen by fishermen leaving for the island on the morning of 16 November after writing in his diary that he wanted to “declare Jesus” to its residents, members of a virtually “uncontacted” tribe thought to be at least 30,000 years old and known to aggressively resist outsiders.
Fishermen, who Chau allegedly paid 25,000 rupees (£277) to smuggle him to the island, say they saw what looked like his body being buried in the sand the next morning.
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Survival International, a group which advocates for the rights of tribal peoples, has called on Indian authorities to abandon any recovery efforts, which it said would be “incredibly dangerous” for both sides.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/27/sentinel-island-calls-to-leave-body-of-american-killed-by-tribespeople