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On the beach, where John Allen Chau, 27, was last seen alive, the investigators observed men from the Sentinel Islands, armed with bows and arrows. "They looked at us and we watched them," Pathak said of the tense meeting. The police finally returned to avoid a confrontation.
Government respects islanders' desire
The remaining 150 Sentinelesen are among the last so-called uncontacted peoples. They do not want anything to do with the outside world. The Indian government respects the desire for isolation of the islanders. Foreigners must be five kilometers from their area.
It seems that Chau wanted to convert the island people to Christianity during his visit on November 17th. According to the Indian authorities, he allegedly bribed fishermen to bring him near the island and then went on a kayak ashore. The aborigines apparently then killed Chau with arrows.
It is not known if the Andaman Islands will be found
The fishermen who brought Chau to the island said that the aborigines had buried his body on the beach. We do not know if she can ever be saved. The Sentinels attack all who enter their island.
According to the police, last year, in 2006, two fishermen who had lost their way to the island had been killed by islanders. A week later, their bodies were impaled on the coast on bamboo sticks. "Like a scarecrow," said Pathak. To decide what to do, the police again investigate the case of 2006. "We ask anthropologists what they do when they kill strangers," said the police chief about the Sentinels. "We try to understand their group psychology."
(APA)
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