The Sentinelese are said to be at risk of death if they have contact with outsiders as they have no immunity to common diseases like flu and measles.Įstimates as to the number of tribespeople who survive vary from 200 to as low as 40.

Tourists are banned from going closer than three miles to North Sentinel Island.

'They were scared and fled but returned next morning to find his body on the sea shore.' The fishermen saw the tribals tying a rope around his neck and dragging his body,' an official source told the agency. 'He was attacked by arrows but he continued walking. One of the police officials speaking anonymously to Reuters said Chau had hired a fishing dinghy to get close to the island, before changing to a canoe. The man killed has been identified as 27-year-old John Allen Chau. Indian police officials confirmed the death and said seven fishermen who allegedly aided last Saturday's visit had been arrested. The people who live there are one of the few tribes completely cut off from the rest of the world and have previously fired at outsiders. He is said to have died in hail of arrows as he set foot on North Sentinel island, part of the India-controlled Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. An American man who ignored advice to stay away from an island where the indigenous people are protected has been killed by its inhabitants.

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