New Delhi: A 27-year-old US “Christian missionary” and an adventurer was shot with bows and arrows, possibly November 16, by an isolated Sentinelese tribe when he ventured into their territory in the Andaman Islands.
Soon after reports of the death of the US man from Alabama, police announced that 7 fishermen who took 27-year-old John Allen Chau to North Sentinel Island, where the indigenous Sentinelese people live, were arrested.
Meanwhile, John Chau’s family members posted a moving message in his Instagram account late last night.
The post firstly confirms that John Chau belonged to a Christian missionary and had “nothing but love for the Sentinelese people.” It also says that the American ventured out on his free will and that his local contacts need not be persecuted for his own actions. The family, through the post, said they “forgive those reportedly responsible for his death and asked for the release of those “friends” he had in the Andaman Islands.
In a statement referring to the fishermen, the police said yesterday that despite knowing fully well about the hostile attitude of the Sentinelese tribesmen to outsiders, the fishermen collaborated with John Chau for this visit to North Sentinel Island without any permission from the authorities.
