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India should abandon 'incredibly dangerous' efforts to recover US citizen John Chau's body, says tribal rights group
• 6 years agoJohn Allen Chau, 27, who described himself in social media posts as an adventurer and explorer, was killed by the Sentinelese tribes on 17 November when he tried to enter the North Sentinel Island — where entry of outsiders is forbidden by law— allegedly after paying to the fishermen to smuggle him.
John Allen Chau's death: Officials seeking to locate body withdraw after long-distance face-off with Sentinelese people
• 6 years agoOfficials had a nervous long-distance face-off with the tribe in the Andamans who killed an American missionary, in their latest bid to locate his body.
Andaman tribe kill US man: Anthropologists help cops search for body of John Allen Chau murdered in Sentinelese island
• 6 years agoChau was killed possibly with arrows. But, Andaman Police PRO Jatin Narwal had said on Wednesday that it was a subject of probe.
Home ministry says killed US citizen John Chau wasn't an evangelist, violated local laws to reach North Sentinel Island
• 6 years agoAndaman and Nicobar Police chief Dependra Pathak said John Chau had enlisted the help of local electronics engineer Alexander and a water sports service provider and hired five fishermen to evade the patrolling teams.
Killed US missionary John Chau wanted to convert isolated Sentinelese tribe to Christianity; told them ‘Jesus loves you’
• 6 years agoJohn Allen Chau, 27, an American missionary was attacked last week when he set foot on the remote North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean
US tourist killed by tribe in Andaman and Nicobar's North Sentinel Island, seven arrested in connection with murder
Fp Staff • 6 years agoJohn Chau, 27, had taken a boat ride with local fishermen before venturing alone in a canoe to the remote North Sentinel Island where the indigenous people live cut off completely from the outside world.