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US tourist arrested after offering coconut and Diet Coke to Sentinelese islanders
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US tourist arrested after offering coconut and Diet Coke to Sentinelese islanders

Gail P Sherman
Apr 07, 2025
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An American citizen has been arrested after making numerous attempts to contact the Sentinelese people. The Sentinelese are one of the isolated indigenous tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, about 800 miles off the coast of Myanmar. It is illegal under Indian law to come within three nautical miles…

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