US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island

Police say man landed on island in attempt to meet the Sentinelese people – a tribe untouched by modern worldIndian police said on Thursday they had arrested a US tourist who sneaked on to a highly restricted island carrying a coconut and a can of Diet Coke to a tribe untouched by the modern world.Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, set foot on the restricted territory of North Sentinel – part of India’s Andaman Islands – in an attempt to meet the Sentinelese people, who are believed to number only about 150. Continue reading...

Apr 3, 2025 - 18:01
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US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island

Police say man landed on island in attempt to meet the Sentinelese people – a tribe untouched by modern world

Indian police said on Thursday they had arrested a US tourist who sneaked on to a highly restricted island carrying a coconut and a can of Diet Coke to a tribe untouched by the modern world.

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, set foot on the restricted territory of North Sentinel – part of India’s Andaman Islands – in an attempt to meet the Sentinelese people, who are believed to number only about 150. Continue reading...