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Police struggle to recover body of US missionary killed by remote island tribe
FoxNews.com ^ | Nov 22, 2018

Posted on 11/23/2018 7:32:36 AM PST by ETL

John Allen Chau was killed last week by North Sentinel islanders who apparently shot him with arrows and then buried his body on the beach, police say.

But even officials don't travel to North Sentinel, where people live as their ancestors did thousands of years ago, and where outsiders are seen with suspicion and attacked.

"It's a difficult proposition," said Dependera Pathak, director-general of police on India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where North Sentinel is located.

"We have to see what is possible, taking utmost care of the sensitivity of the group and the legal requirements." ..."

Police are consulting anthropologists, tribal welfare experts and scholars to figure out a way to recover the body, he said.

While visits to the island are heavily restricted, Chau paid fishermen last week to take him near North Sentinel, using a kayak to paddle to shore and bringing gifts including a football and fish. ..."

he wrote about his visit and left his notes with the fishermen. He returned to North Sentinel the next day, Nov. 16.

What happened then isn't known, but on the morning of the following day, the fishermen watched from the boat as tribesmen dragged Chau's body along the beach and buried his remains. ..."

Chau was apparently shot and killed by arrows, but the cause of death can't be confirmed until his body is recovered, Pathak said. ..."

"He didn't go there for just adventure. I have no question it was to bring the gospel of Jesus to them," Staver said.

Staver said Chau's last notes to his family on Nov. 16 told them that they might think he was crazy but that he felt it was worth it and asked that they not be angry if he was killed.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: alabama; andamanislands; india; johnallenchau; johnchau; northsentinelisland; vancouver; washington
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To: ETL

They buried the body - leave it


21 posted on 11/23/2018 7:46:37 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Jonty30

“I think he died a martyr.”

He died a lawbreaking idiot who very well could kill all those people by exposing them to disease to which these savages have no natural immunity.

L


22 posted on 11/23/2018 7:49:35 AM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: ETL

Would he have been safer in East St. Louis, or Baltimore?


23 posted on 11/23/2018 7:50:49 AM PST by Jim Noble (Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain)
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To: ETL
For such a primitive tribe, we need to bring thunder (not harming any of them) into their heads (a couple of Daisy cutters)... Just to knock some sense(technology) into their heads. Then, maybe they will give different peeps a chance to talk ;^)
24 posted on 11/23/2018 7:52:10 AM PST by Bikkuri
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To: Jonty30

Jesus gave the ground rules for evangelizing:

1. Do not go from house to house. Pick a central location.

2. If your message is not accepted, leave.


25 posted on 11/23/2018 7:52:11 AM PST by odawg
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To: ETL

Betting he’s condemned and the savages are canonized.


26 posted on 11/23/2018 7:52:59 AM PST by I want the USA back (It's Ok To Be White. White Lives Matter. White Guilt is Socially Constructed)
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To: PGR88

“It appears that even the most basic cultures take a dim view of undocumented, uninvited, illegal immigrants.

And I thought only the United States was racist??”

Good observation. A mans home is his castle. Protect at all costs.


27 posted on 11/23/2018 7:53:33 AM PST by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar and Hates.........he just hates!)
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To: moovova
Are they trying to write a message in the sand? "SOS", or maybe "We trade white boy for case of Corona Lite.".

Those are the savages. They are carrying bows.

28 posted on 11/23/2018 7:54:16 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: odawg

Interesting Synopsis.


29 posted on 11/23/2018 7:55:49 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: ETL

Seals, dead of night , piece of cake


30 posted on 11/23/2018 7:56:02 AM PST by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: Jonty30

I’m sure. He died a fool


31 posted on 11/23/2018 7:56:38 AM PST by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: ETL

They killed him and buried him on the beach away from them because every time they interact with outsiders they get sick and die.

Leave them alone.


32 posted on 11/23/2018 7:56:48 AM PST by IBIAFR
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To: Blue House Sue
Related image

Image result for gilligan island natives

33 posted on 11/23/2018 7:57:09 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: CondorFlight

conversion?

Don’t you mean forced indoctrination?


34 posted on 11/23/2018 7:57:41 AM PST by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: Blue House Sue

Bingo.


35 posted on 11/23/2018 7:58:25 AM PST by NRx (A man of honor passes his father's civilization to his son without surrendering it to strangers.)
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To: Jonty30

Yes. This story reminded me of Jim Elliot.


36 posted on 11/23/2018 7:59:59 AM PST by NorthstarMom
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To: bert

Leave the dead Illegal Alien there.

Offer the tribesman jobs as American Border Patrol Agents.


37 posted on 11/23/2018 8:01:05 AM PST by Blue House Sue
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To: bgill

It’s a stupid waste of a life, for sure.


38 posted on 11/23/2018 8:01:35 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: ETL

The bows would not concern me. It is the arrows that those bows shoot that make me nervous. An arrow through the gut has been known to ruin one’s day.


39 posted on 11/23/2018 8:01:46 AM PST by sport
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To: bert

Read a book. Preferably a good history book.

Your accusation is, with few exceptions, nonsense.


40 posted on 11/23/2018 8:02:17 AM PST by mostly_lies
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