A remote tribe of India killed him with arrows but his death will go unpunished

There is no charge for the crime of missionary John Allen Chau and his death will go unpunished. The United States Government has announced that will not take any legal action against the isolated aboriginal tribe who killed him with arrows at the end of last year.

Chau was 26 years old and was killed as soon as he walked on the land of the island. Sentinela del Norte, which is forbidden to enter. The American went to the site to try to convert the tribe to Christianity. According to fishermen's testimony, the Indians dragged his body along the beach and buried him in the sand.

The Indian authorities had tried to approach the area to recover the body, but had decided to stop research aimed at preserving the tranquility of the tribe.

It is thought that the sentinels, hunters and gatherers who have lived for centuries in autarky on a small island in the Andaman Sea are the last pre-neolithic tribe of the world.

Three months after the death of the missionary, his country of origin confirmed that he would not file any lawsuits against sentineleses.

"The US government has not asked the Indian government nor imposed sanctions on the tribal people," said US ambbadador to freedom of religion, Samuel Brownback, at a press conference. Indo-Asian Information Service (IANS).

"It's a tragic situation and a tragic case of what happened, but it's not something that has been asked for," Brownback said.

"We decided not to disturb the Sentineleses," he told the British newspaper. The Guardian an anthropologist who worked in research at that time. "They shoot arrows at any invader. This is your message, saying do not come to the island, and we respect that. "

Earlier this month, Chau's father accused the evangelization of his son of being responsible for his death. "If you have something positive to say about religion, I do not even want to hear it," said Dr. Patrick Chau. The Guardian.