Violating these restrictions can have deadly consequences, as the Sentinelese are legally permitted to defend their territory - even to the point of killing trespassers. Over the years ...

The prohibition also protects would-be visitors. The Sentinelese have violently resisted foreign contact in the past, killing American missionary John Allen Chau in 2018 after he landed on the ...

The Sentinelese are a community of hunter-gatherers ... They do not welcome unwanted visitors and will kill them if they get too close. It is also illegal to be within three miles of the island.

A 24-year-old American YouTuber who was arrested after visiting an off-limits island in the Indian Ocean with hopes of establishing contact with a reclusive tribe was further detained in custody ...

Outsiders meeting Sentinelese could endanger the tribe’s survival,” said a senior police officer, requesting anonymity as he isn’t authorized to speak about the case under investigation.

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, illegally visited North Sentinel Island – part of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago and home to the uncontacted Sentinelese tribe – on March 29 ...

Visiting the island is prohibited by Indian law to maintain the Sentinelese way of life and protect them from modern illnesses, from which they lack immunity.While Polyakov successfully reached ...

Polyakov, from Scottsdale, Arizona, was arrested on March 31, two days after he set foot on the restricted territory of North Sentinel Island in a bid to meet people from the reclusive Sentinelese ...