American Detained for Unauthorized Entry to Restricted North Sentinel Island
- An American tourist, Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, was arrested for illegally visiting North Sentinel Island, home to the isolated Sentinelese tribe, on March 31, 2025, according to local police.
- Polyakov attempted to contact the tribe with offerings but was ignored, spending only five minutes on the island, as noted by authorities.
- The Sentinelese are known to be hostile to outsiders and killed American missionary John Allen Chau in 2018 when he attempted to contact them, police stated.
- HS Dhaliwal, the director general of police, said they are investigating Polyakov's intentions and prior visits to the Andaman Islands, including illegal filming in January.
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India: American arrested after trying to approach the Sentinelese, one of the most isolated peoples in the world
The police of Andaman-et-Nicobar announced this Thursday, April 3rd the arrest of a 24-year-old American who went to North Sentinel Island, where an uncontacted indigenous tribe lives. In 2018, an American missionary was shot dead.
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