The final decision on the missionary's crime killed by arrows of an isolated Indian tribe

John Allen Chau He was 26 when on November 17 he tried to descend on an isolated island of Indian Ocean. There, he was received in the worst case: arrows by the indigenous peoples who live there and who refuse any contact with the rest of the civilization.

But now, the family of hot He knew that the murderers of his children would not be charged for the murder. He was confirmed by the ambbadador in general for international freedom of religion, Samuel Brownback. "It was a tragic case", summarizes the official of the Department of State.

"A man went to contact a tribe on one of the islands of the Indian Ocean, outside of India, and was killed during the process. In this case, the US government has neither sought nor applied sanctions against the Indian government against the tribal peoples. This is not something we asked or presented. It's a tragic situation and a tragic case"said the diplomat, confirming that the crime will not be imputed.

"I shouted: & # 39;My name is John, I love you and Jesus loves you& # 39; "He wrote in his diary hot. One of the youth of the tribe shot him with an arrow that pierced his Bible. "You may think I'm crazy about all of this, but I think it's worth telling Jesus to these people. God, I do not want to die", He wrote in a last note to his family on November 16, shortly before leaving the fishing boat to meet the members of the tribe. This decision cost him his life.

The Sentinel Island North It is a paradise shared only between 50 and 400 inhabitants of the tribe who live there for untold time. Of only 72 square kilometers and approximately 8 kilometers wide, it belongs to the The islands Andaman, in the Indic and is officially administered by India.

However, despite the Indian government, this island of Bay of Bengal This has never been explored because of the extremely hostile attitude of its inhabitants, which do not allow anyone to approach their homes. If someone dares to stay on his white sand, it is very likely that he will be killed or seriously injured. Such is the case of Chau.

Over the centuries, they have remained a small society thriving in hunting and fishing, without developing any other means of livelihood. India He had been trying to establish contact with the sentinels since 1967. However, the results were not the ones expected.

The death of the 26-year-old missionary from the state of Washington, who violated several laws and According to some critics, the health of indigenous peoples would be in dangerhas provoked great international unrest and heated debate over the protection of tribal communities.

This also provoked an internal discussion in the evangelical community of United States: there are those who argue that hot he was a martyr, others he was mad or reckless and the least he had a complex of Messiah

Fishermen have seen off how native sentineleses buried Chau's body in an area of ​​the island. Despite the evidence, Lynda Adams-Chau, the mother of the young missionary, kept for days the hope that her son was alive. "My prayers tell me"Said the woman in an email sent to The Washington Post last November.