American Detained for Unauthorized Entry to Restricted North Sentinel Island

American tourist arrested for attempting to contact 'world’s most isolated' tribe

An American tourist was arrested after attempting to contact the isolated Sentinelese tribe on North Sentinel Island, risking lives and violating Indian law

The Indian police arrested a man who apparently tried to contact the Sentine readings and bring them a Coke can. The indigenous want nothing to do with the outside world, in 2018 they shot a US missionary.

U.S. tourist arrested after bringing Diet Coke to remote tribe on forbidden island where another American was killed

A U.S. tourist sneaked onto a highly restricted island carrying a coconut and a can of Diet Coke to a tribe untouched by the modern world, police said.

The attempt by an American to establish contact with an isolated indigenous people on North Sentinel Island, in the Indian Ocean, has raised outrage among NGOs, who demand not to put these communities at risk at the cost of generating content and gaining followers on social media.This week, Indian police reported the arrest of 24-year-old Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, who landed on the island in a boat, left a can of soda and coconut, took samp…

The 24-year-old man could have paid with his life for his adventure.

An American tourist has been arrested after allegedly traveling to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal, located in the Indian Ocean, and allegedly trying to contact one of the world's most isolated tribes, CNN reports. North Sentinel Island is a stretch of land the size of Manhattan, located in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, about 1,200 kilometers from the Indian mainland.