john allen chau news
Latest from john allen chau
John Allen Chau: 1 year on, time adds intrigue to Andaman mystery
Chau, who worked for All Nations, an evangelical group based in Kansas City that introduces Christianity in the remote corners of the world, was so obsessed with the island that he broke a series of laws and did not hesitate in putting his own life in danger.
Updated on Nov 18, 2019 12:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Prawesh Lama
Chau murder: Andaman cops seek US help
A reclusive and endangered Sentinelese tribe killed Chau, an American citizen, when he ventured onto the forbidden North Sentinel Island.
Published on Apr 18, 2019 01:17 AM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
US not seeking action against Sentinelese tribe for killing missionary
American fundamentalist Christian missionary John Allen Chau was killed in November by tribespeople when he illegally went to the North Sentinel Island in the Andamans to convert them.
Updated on Feb 08, 2019 06:04 PM IST
New York | Indo Asian News Service
Month after American youth was killed by Sentinelese tribe, Andaman police launches new helpline for tourists
Around 45 days after American national John Allen Chau ventured onto the forbidden North Sentinel island and got killed by the reclusive and endangered Sentinelese tribe, the Andaman and Nicobar Police on Saturday formally introduced a new police unit exclusively for tourists.
Updated on Dec 30, 2018 06:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
US man killed in Andaman was pursuing ‘planned adventure’: Tribes body chief
There are many primitive tribes like the Sentinelese in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, contact with whom is prohibited for outsiders, the commission’s chairperson Nand Kumar Sai told reporters here Tuesday.
Updated on Dec 05, 2018 01:38 PM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India
Two Americans encouraged US man killed by remote tribe to visit forbidden Andaman island, say police
Police said investigators had traced the two Americans through calls made to Chau’s telephone phone. The Americans had “local mobile numbers”, he added.
Updated on Dec 01, 2018 07:34 PM IST
Port Blair | Agence France-Presse
Cops probe if American killed by Sentinelese tribe in Andaman was on religious mission
The Americans left a day before Chau was originally supposed to go to the island on November 11 — a 50km boat ride in the Indian Ocean that takes about three hours from the nearest village. Indian laws do not allow anyone to venture within 10km of the island, where the Sentinelese have lived for centuries and repulsed all attempts to be contacted by modern world.
Updated on Dec 01, 2018 08:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, South Andaman | Prawesh Lama, South Andaman
American killed in Andaman made notes of how Sentinelese tribe lives, interacts
Detailing how the Sentinelese speak, John Allen Chau, noted that they “make high pitched sounds.... sounds such as the letters b, p, l and s.” Chau, the first outsider to have sneaked into the island in 12 years, also described the topography of island.
Updated on Nov 30, 2018 08:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, | Prawesh Lama
US tourist’s body could be lost in battle to preserve isolated Andaman tribe
The American tourist died last week after making several attempts to reach the Sentinelese to preach Christianity -- knowing it was illegal to go within three miles (five kilometres) of the island.
Updated on Nov 25, 2018 11:40 AM IST
Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse
Police map area of island where US man was killed, spot Sentinels
During their visit to the island’s surroundings on Friday, investigators also spotted four or five North Sentinel islanders moving in the area from a distance of about 500 meters (1,600 feet) from a boat and studied their behavior for several hours, said Dependra Pathak, the director-general of police of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where North Sentinel is located.
Updated on Nov 24, 2018 08:33 PM IST
Associated Press | Associated Press
Shields, medicines, gifts: How US tourist prepped for Sentinel Island trip
Chau was attacked with arrows and died in his second attempt to reach the North Sentinel Island on November 16. The previous day he had tried to enter the island, which is out of bounds for visitors, but retreated when a young boy attacked him an arrow.
Updated on Nov 24, 2018 10:21 AM IST
New Delhi/Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee and Prawesh Lama
American national John Allen Chau violated every rule in the book to meet the Sentinelese
US national John Allen Chau, 27, was killed with arrows as he illegally set foot on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean after paddling there in a kayak last week.
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 11:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee and Prawesh Lama
God sheltered me: American killed by Sentinelese tribe on not being spotted
The notes written by John Chau, who appeared to want to bring Christianity to the islanders, make clear he knew he might be killed.
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 09:31 PM IST
New Delhi | Associated Press
Why the Sentinelese, the Andaman tribe that killed US man, want to be left alone
John Allen Chau, 27, was killed with arrows as he illegally set foot on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean after paddling there in a kayak last week.
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 04:04 PM IST
Port Blair | Agence France-Presse
Police seek experts’ help to find body of US man killed by Andaman tribe
The access to North Sentinel Island and its buffer zone is strictly restricted under the Protection of Aboriginal Tribe (Regulation), 1956 and Regulations under Indian Forest Act, 1927.
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 08:26 AM IST
Port Blair | Press Trust of India
Sentinel Island an adventure too far for the explorer in American tourist
Visits to the island are heavily restricted, which Chau knew, authorities said. Police arrested seven fishermen accused of helping him reach it, and Chau’s family pleaded for their release, saying he acted “on his own free will.”
Updated on Nov 22, 2018 04:11 PM IST
Seattle | Associated Press
After killing of US national, spotlight on reclusive Sentinelese tribe with no contact to outside world
The Sentinelese are hunters and gatherers, who live on the out-of-bounds North Sentinel island, isolated from the outside world. They are to believed to be the world’s last pre-Neolithic tribe.
Updated on Nov 22, 2018 12:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
US man, out to explore cut-off Andaman island, killed by protected tribe
The 27-year-old tourist had gone to the island with a local fisherman nearly five days back to interact with Sentinelese tribes, website Andaman Sheekha reported.
Updated on Nov 21, 2018 07:54 PM IST
Agencies | Agencies