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| Protector of Brazil's Indigenous Groups Fatally Shot With Arrow by Isolated Tribe |
| 2020-09-15 |
| [ScienceAlert HT Insty] A leading expert on indigenous peoples in Brazil was shot dead with an arrow apparently fired by a member of an isolated tribe in the Amazon rainforest, officials and a journalist in the region said Thursday Rieli Franciscato, 56, the head of a program to protect indigenous groups that have little or no contact with the outside world, died Wednesday in the Seringueiras region, a remote municipality in the northern state of Rondonia, said a statement from the Brazilian government's indigenous affairs office, FUNAI, where he worked. FUNAI declined to say how he died. But witnesses said he was shot with an arrow while monitoring recent appearances by a tribe known as the "Cautario River isolated group," according to a photojournalist in the region, Gabriel Uchida. Rieli was accompanied by a police patrol. When the party came under fire with arrows, they ran to take shelter behind a vehicle, but Rieli was hit in the chest, witnesses said. He was taken to the nearest hospital, but died soon after. The tribe "are known as a "The last time they appeared in the region was in June... It was a larger group, very peaceful. They even left presents at someone's house," he said. "This time, there were just five armed men - a war party. That means something must have happened to make them seek 'revenge'." Possibly non-reusable grocery bags? |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #10 What We Know About Sentinelese, Hostile Tribe That Killed An American Tried to shoot down a helicopter with a bow and arrows -- that's hard core. |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-09-15 17:23 |
| #9 Rule one for the jungle/forest. Don't fuck with the natives. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2020-09-15 15:51 |
| #8 "I used to be an adventurer like you then I took an arrow in the knee..." |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-09-15 12:18 |
| #7 Killed by a mostly peaceful poison arrow. Irony sure is ironic. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Slomoting3095 2020-09-15 11:05 |
| #6 Noble savages are still savages, and don't forget the nobles in the middle ages slaughtered loads of people. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-09-15 10:25 |
| #5 Was it a poison arrow through his heart? |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-09-15 09:44 |
| #4 A leading expert on indigenous peoples in |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-09-15 08:50 |
| #3 And systemic, too. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-09-15 01:32 |
| #2 "This time, there were just five armed men - a war party. That means something must have happened to make them seek 'revenge'." Racists. |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-09-15 01:30 |
| #1 Sounds like Comanches. |
| Posted by: Vespasian Ebbereng3110 2020-09-15 01:13 |