一名美国籍游客擅自闯入印度安达曼群岛（Andaman Islands）游玩时，遭当地的部落射箭丧命。
据《法新社》报道，27岁的约翰（John Chau）独自一人划船到安达曼群岛，他之前曾跟随当地渔夫乘船游附近海域。安达曼岛上的原住民向来与世隔绝，约翰一踏足该岛，就被乱箭射杀。
据报道，为了保护当地部落的生活和避免原住民被外界病菌传染，外界同这些岛屿接触是犯法的。当地警方已将这起事件列为谋杀案处理，七名嫌犯已被逮捕，调查正进行中。
约翰近期曾多次到访安达曼群岛，最后是在收买当地渔夫才踏足该岛较偏僻的地区。
消息指出，约翰曾在本月14日尝试到岛屿不果，两天后再次做足准备尝试，半途下船，自己划船到岛屿上。约翰踏足岛屿后便遭乱箭攻击，但仍继续往前走。
渔夫们目睹原住民用绳子捆绑他的颈部，拖着他的身体。渔夫们因为害怕而逃跑，他们隔天早上在海岸上发现约翰的遗体。
安达曼群岛上居住的部落一向与世隔绝，对外来的入侵者一向具敌意。岛屿上住着约150名原住民，为了保护他们，就连印度海军也被禁止踏入岛屿。
Hometown: Vancouver, Washington
Self Introduction:
I graduated from Oral Roberts University and have worked in numerous places around the world, including townships in South Africa, a refugee camp in Northern Iraq (Kurdistan), and in Tulsa with Burmese refugees and at-risk youth. I love traveling and hiking around the world, and recently led a backcountry trek into the North Cascades. I’m one of the Outbound Collective’s Explorers and I am passionate about the outdoors.
Outreach Coordinator
More Than A Game
2013 – Present 5 years
Tulsa, Oklahoma Area
Helped run More Than A Game’s local Burmese Refugee soccer outreach, and also helped run their charity tournaments in Tulsa. Traveled to Northern Iraq (Kurdistan) in June 2014 to run soccer clinics, coaching seminars, and a tournament for Syrian refugee children and local Kurdish youth.
“Police said Chau had previously visited North Sentinel island about four or five times with the help of local fishermen,” journalist Subir Bhaumik, who has been covering the islands for years, told BBC Hindi.
Andaman Director of the General Police Dependra Pathak told the News Minute, an Indian news website, that Chau lived in the US state of Alabama and was “some kind of paramedic”.
“People thought he is a missionary because he had mentioned his position on God and that he was a believer on social media or somewhere online. But in a strict sense, he was not a missionary.
“He was an adventurer. His intention was to meet the aborigines.”