The Nanti Tribe is battling a disease that has claimed the lives of at least four children. Photo by Survival International
An isolated tribe in Peru is being blamed for a fatal attack while members of another remote community are battling a deadly epidemic. The Peruvian Ministry of Culture said a group of people from the Mashco Piro Tribe attacked and killed a man last Friday. The previously isolated community has been seen with increasing frequency in the last few months. Meanwhile, at least four children from the Nanti Tribe have died from a disease that appears to be spreading. Like the Mashco Piro, the Nanti were previously unknown to outsiders. In addition to disease, isolated tribes in the Amazon face threats from loggers, ranchers and drug traffickers. Get the Story:
Peruvian government investigates attack by reclusive tribe (BBC 5/5)
Isolated Nanti tribe loses four children to flu (Peru This Week 5/5)
Peruvian Villager Killed by Arrow From Reclusive Amazon Tribe (Reuters 5/4)
Lost Amazon tribe investigated for murder after killing rival villager for his tools in bow and arrow attack as logging forces them off their land (The Daily Mail 5/4)
Epidemic kills recently-contacted tribe’s children (Survival International 5/2)
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