American missionary believed God had ‘called’ him to convert tribe that shot him dead with arrows and spent years planning to get to their remote island as Indian police work out how to retrieve body
John Chau was killed as soon as he set foot on the remote North Sentinel Island
The 27-year-old EMT paid local fishermen to help him to the island last week
Chau took a boat ride with local fishermen before venturing to the island alone
As soon as he landed on the island, Chau found himself facing a flurry of arrows
The tribesmen who killed him can’t be prosecuted as contact with them is illegal
The island’s indigenous people live cut off completely from the outside world
By KHALEDA RAHMAN
DAILYMAIL.COM
21 November 2018
An American missionary believed he had been ‘called’ to convert the protected tribe who shot him dead with arrows when he arrived on their remote Indian island.
John Allen Chau, 27, paid local fishermen to help him get to North Sentinel Island, one of the world’s most isolated regions in India’s Andaman islands, last week.
Chau took a boat ride with the fishermen before venturing alone in a canoe to where the indigenous people live cut off completely from the outside world, authorities said.
As soon as he set foot on the island, which is off-limits to visitors, Chau found himself facing a flurry of arrows – but he kept walking.
The tribe then tied a rope around his neck and dragging his body away, according to the fishermen who helped him get there.
Indian police said a murder case had been registered against ‘unknown tribesmen’ and seven people – the fishermen who took him to the island – have been arrested in connection with the death.
But the Sentinelese who killed Chau can’t be prosecuted as contact with them and several tribes on the islands is illegal in a bid to protect their indigenous way of life and shield them from diseases.
Now, a friend has revealed to DailyMail.com that Chau was ‘committed’ to travelling to the remote island, deep in the Indian Ocean, to preach Christianity to the tribesmen and had been planning the trip for at least three years.
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