August 10, 2021
Fishermen saw the tribe burying his body on the beach
To protect their way of life, foreigners and Indians are banned from going
within five kilometres (three miles) of the island."Please do not be angry at
them or at God if I get killed," he said."Highly sensitiveThe police have
consulted field experts including anthropologists, and tribal welfare and forest
officers to help them try and retrieve Chaus body.Port Blair/New Delhi: An
American missionary killed in a hail of arrows by an island tribe untouched by
modern civilisation was bent on converting them to Christianity, it emerged
Thursday."We have to take care that we must not disturb them or their habitat by
any means.Since authorities keep away from the island, it was unclear whether
Chaus killing will have legal repercussions."Fishermen saw the tribe burying his
body on the beach the following day, a fellow missionary wrote in an email to
his mother, The Washington Post reported. It may take some more days
and.London-based Survival International, which defends tribal rights, said that
the "tragedy" of the Americans death "should never have been allowed to
happen"."The Indian authorities should have been enforcing the protection of the
Sentinelese and their island for the safety of both the tribe and outsiders," it
said. I love you and Jesus loves you.Police officials said a murder case had
been registered against "unknown" tribespeople and that the fishermen who
allegedly helped Chau get to the island were arrested."God, I dont want to
die."I cant wait to see them around the throne of God worshipping in their own
language as Revelations 7:9-10 states," he wrote, referring to the apocalyptic
final book of the Bibles New Testament.He never returned.John Allen Chau, 27,
was attacked last week as he illegally set foot on the remote North Sentinel
Island in the Indian Ocean, after paddling his kayak towards the shore carrying
fish and a football as gifts, according to a journal quoted by different media.
Here is some fish!"Tribespeople fired arrows at him, one of them piercing his
Bible, and he returned to a fishermens boat and spent the night writing about
his experiences before going back to the island the next day.He was crying: "My
name is John..."You guys might think Im crazy in all this but I think its
worthwhile to declare Jesus to these people," the reports quoted a letter to his
parents as saying. It is a highly sensitive zone and it will take some time,"
Dependra Pathak, local chief of police, told AFP."We maintained a distance from
the island and have not yet been able to spot the body.Chau called himself an
"outbound collective explorer" and "snakebite survivor" on his purported
Instagram account.Authorities in the Andaman Islands, of swimming pool pump
Manufacturers which North Sentinel is one, say that Chau, paid local
fishermen to take him off the shore so that he could paddle the rest of the way
himself.The tribe is known to be hostile to outsiders, having reportedly killed
two fishermen whose boat drifted onto the island in 2006, and to have thrown
spears at a helicopter checking for damage after the 2004 Indian Ocean
tsunami..He said that a helicopter and then a ship were sent to the area to
identify where the incident took place, and that they were holding talks with
experts on how best to handle the delicate situation.. Asked why, she replied:
"My prayers.."I believe he is still alive," Lynda Adams-Chau said in a short
email to the US daily. (reconnaissance) of the area," Pathak said.North Sentinel
in the Bay of Bengal is home to the Sentinelese people, believed to number only
around 150
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