The tribal community kills a missionary, what now?

The American missionary John Chau wanted to convert to Christianity one of the most isolated communities on the planet. A bit like the story of Boniface, but then in 2018 and tropical. The people of North Sentinel Island were absolutely not served by his visit. Upon their arrival, they attacked Chau, 26, with a bow and arrows.

Presumably he was killed by a large amount of sharp projectiles in his mouth. The big question is: and now Should the islanders answer in front of an Indian judge? What should happen to the body? There is really no procedure for this. The family of the American is clear in all cases: it is his fault.

The North Sentinel Island Site © Google Maps

Own Debt

Chau, 26, was a man whose mission was to spread Christianity around the world. He believed that the people of the far North Sentinel Island needed God in their lives. Against any advice and travel restrictions, he bought a group of fishermen so that they could take him to the island. For a long time, his visit to the community did not last. On November 17, fishermen saw from a distance that his body had been buried on the beach.

The Chau family feels no resentment towards the Sentinels. According to them, he can only accuse himself of his tragic death. On Instagram, they let them know that they were very sad about his death and that they hoped that he was now with God. It was a good boy, but a stupid action. According to them, he worked alone, no one else should come for his wrong decision.

Nor was it that John Chau did not know what he had started when he had decided to go to Andaman Island, in the Bay of Bengal. He knew their violent reaction to strangers and consciously took a risk. The American has already tried several times to reach the distant island. These previous attempts were unsuccessful. Critics describe the arrogant Chau as arrogant, deaf and not mundane oil.

An Aerial Photo of the Island © Wikimedia Commons

Prohibited Area

The investigation into the causes of the murder is currently in full swing. Indian detectives came to about 500 meters from the island. By far, they observed the behavior of four islanders for a few hours. They will not get closer, because the Sentinels will also turn against them.

"We have more or less located the crime scene," Inspector Pathek told New York Times . "Patrolling on the beach, the same place where John Chau was probably killed." The inspector calls this case the strangest and most complex of his entire career. "It's like we're trying to get into a completely different world."

The North Sentinel Island is tiny and is part of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean, thousands of miles from the Indian mainland. This small community probably lives for 55,000 years. Isolated from the rest of humanity Naturally little is understood about the population, North Sentinel Island has between 15 and 500 inhabitants. This figure will not be much more concrete, because they probably will not react too census

The images of the islanders from far away © YouTube

Tribal danger

The Indian authorities do not know exactly what to do now, they try to find a way around the body of the 26-year-old missionary Police, landscape management, tribal welfare department and coastguard team work together to create a future ng solution . In any case, the islanders will not be persecuted because the missionary was never allowed to come to the island and was also warned of this fact.

It is very likely that the missionary's body remains on the beach in the grave. The experts believe that the inhabitants of the island must absolutely not come into contact with modern peoples because their immune system is probably underdeveloped. As a result, they can even get sick of a simple cold.

The Indian government respects the desire of the community to be left alone. In any case, they will not force themselves to access the island. Five nautical miles around the coast have been banned since 1956, the Coast Guard ensures that no one approaches them. Offenders can receive heavy fines and even jail time.

More images of the inhabitants © YouTube, still

British colonists

Why are the Sentinels so hostile? This probably began when British settlers tried to make contact in 1880. An expedition led by officer Maurice Vidal Portman went to the island for the purpose. Introduce the land with its inhabitants in the British Commonwealth, which the British did in the late 19th century more often. To win the confidence of the Sentinelese, they kidnapped an old man, an elderly woman and four children for a good first impression.

The tactics of the British were to pamper them so that they could return. to say that the British settlers were actually very good pears. However, this did not happen as planned. At Port Blair, a few islands away, the older islanders died mysteriously after a few days; probably due to the disease. The English always tried to win the souls of the children by overloading them with gifts, but that did not help them either.

Upon their return, the Sentinels were absolutely not convinced of their good intentions, including the fact that two of them people were killed did not help. The children probably did not even see the gifts because of the gigantic cultural differences as a friendly gesture

. They threw spears at the helicopters and all the boats that came too close tried to hit with a bow and arrows

In 1974, a film crew from National Geographic attempted to make a movie about the war with the help of armed cops. community. They reached the coast and left gifts such as a plastic car, coconut, a live pig and some cooking utensils. These gifts could not convince the isolated community either. One of the documentary filmmakers was hit by an arrow in the chest. With the tail between the legs, they left the island. Seven years later, helicopters had to rescue the crew of a stuck cargo ship after shelling.

North Sentinel Island was also affected by the devastating Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. When Indian rescuers went to take a look Islanders survived the disaster and were also greeted "traditional". Apparently, they could be safe. The second most recent incident dates back to 2006, when two fishermen stranded on the island were murdered.

Understandably Metro did not attempt to fight again on the island, we hope your understanding. for that.