The final decision on the case of the missionary killed by arrows on an island in India

The US Ambbadador for International Religious Freedom, Samuel Brownback, confirmed that the country would not file a complaint or try to recover.
the body of John Allen Chau, the 26-year-old missionary who was killed by the arrows of a tribe of the Indian island Sentinel del Norte.

Chau tried to contact the islanders three times. Finally entered illegally on November 16th. By the time he walked on the spot, he was killed by the local tribe who lives isolated from the world. Chau's intention
It was "evangelizing" the natives.

"The US government will take no action against the tribe, it is a tragic situation, the result is really tragic, but we will not take any action," Brownback said.
a press conference.

India has badessed the possibility of recovering Chau's remains, but entering the island would endanger the entire indigenous tribe. Diseases as common as colds can make them disappear.

Sentinels are thought to be the descendants of the first humans to arrive in Asia. They live totally isolated from the rest of the world. "We have no idea of ​​their communication system, of their history and culture, nor of how we can approach them," said Anup Kapoor, professor of anthropology at the University of New York. University of New Delhi.

"What we do know is that they were killed and persecuted by the British and the Japanese, they hate everyone who wears the uniform and if they see it, they kill immediately. "

The island belongs to the Indian archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar. Indian law prohibits entry to Sentinel del Norte.

Chau had paid two fishermen to take him to the area. according to
records of his diary, tried to approach the native three times. The first time he saw a group of women near the beach, he shouted, "I'm calling John, I love you and Jesus loves you."

A second time, a native launched a spear. "I'm scared," Chau wrote at the time, but he tried to make contact again. The third and last time he went on the island, he swam to the beach. "He was attacked with arrows but he continued to walk," said the fishermen who took him away. The fishermen saw how the Indians tied a rope around Chau's neck and took him away. Upon their return, they alerted the authorities about what happened and were arrested.