[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An American Christian missionary who went to one of the islands in remote Andaman and Nicobar chain was killed by Sentinelese tribals, a protected community of hunter-gatherers who live there isolated from the outside world, two police officials said on Wednesday.

The American, identified as John Allen Chau, 27, was illegally ferried by fishermen to North Sentinel Island which is off-bounds to visitors, the officials added.

According to a report in Andaman Sheekha, a local newspaper of Andaman, the victim visited Andaman and Nicobar Islands five times in past and had a strong desire to meet Sentinelese Tribes for preaching Christianity and convert them.

The Sentinelese, whose population in 2011 was estimated at 40, are known to resist contact with the outside world.

John Allen Chau reportedly hired fishing dinghy from Chidiyatapu area and with the help of some fishermen he reached closed to the Island on 16 November 2018, from where he travelled in his own canoe.  He made failed attempt on 14 November 2018 also, sources told Andaman Sheekha.

Sources said that at North Sentinel Island he was killed by the hostile tribes and his body was spotted by some fishermen.

The fishermen told the police that they last saw the American man facing a flurry of arrows after he landed on the island towards the southern Andamans on November 16. The tribes dragged the American to the beach, they said, adding that moments later as they were sailing away they saw Chau’s body half-buried in the sand.

The police have registered a case of murder, said media reports quoting unnamed officials.

Seven fishermen who took 27-year-old John Allen Chau to North Sentinel Island have been arrested, the police said. His body has not yet been retrieved.

“We are aware of reports concerning a US citizen in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,” a spokeswoman for the United States consulate in India’s southern city of Chennai said in an email, according to media reports.

“When a US citizen is missing, we work closely with local authorities as they carry out their search efforts,” she added, but declined to provide further details over privacy concerns.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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