Phone messages left with some of his relatives were not immediately returned Wednesday. John Chau, 27, was killed by hostile members of the Sentinelese community on North Sentinel Island, part of India’s Andaman Islands, according to local media. Google MapsĬhau had lived in Oklahoma, where he attended Oral Roberts University, and in southwestern Washington state, where he attended Vancouver Christian High School. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are located at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Police charged the seven fishermen with endangering the life of the American by taking him to a prohibited area. They left for Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where they broke the news to Chau's friend, who in turn notified his family, Pathak said. But on the morning of the following day, the waiting fishermen watched from a distance as the tribesmen dragged Chau's body. John Allen Chau, 26, is believed to have been hit with a volley of arrows shortly after making land on North Sentinel Island, part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, last Friday. He set out again to meet the tribespeople on Nov. He spent the night writing about his experiences on pages that he then gave the fishermen, Pathak said. But the tribespeople became angry and shot an arrow at him, hitting a book he was carrying, Pathak said.Īfter his kayak was damaged, Chau swam back to the fishermen's boat, which was waiting at a prearranged location. He interacted with some of the tribespeople, offering gifts such as a football and fish. Though some opinions varied, the overwhelming majority described the milkshake as a berry shake. 15 and sent the boat with the fishermen out to sea to avoid detection, Pathak said. Social media was abuzz, arguing about what flavor the treat was. The American went ashore in his kayak on Nov. A Sentinel tribal man aims his bow at an Indian Coast Guard helicopter as it surveyed the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2004.
North Sentinel is in the Andaman Islands at the intersection of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.Ĭhau organized his visit to the island through a friend who hired seven fishermen for $325 to take him there on a boat, which also towed his kayak, Pathak said. It was not his first time in the region: he had visited the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 20, Pathak said.
16 and stayed in a hotel while he prepared to travel to the island.
Chau was apparently shot and killed by arrows, but the cause of death can't be confirmed until his body is recovered, Pathak told The Associated Press.Ĭhau arrived in the area on Oct.
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