Illegal loggers in the Amazon ambushed an indigenous group that was formed to protect the forest and shot dead a young warrior and wounded another, leaders of the Guajajara tribe in northern Brazil say. Paulo Paulino Guajajara, or Lobo (which means 'wolf' in Portuguese), was hunting on Friday (local time) inside the Arariboia reservation in Maranhao state when he was attacked and shot in the head. "The increase in violence in indigenous territories is a direct result of his hateful speeches and steps taken against our people," APIB said. APIB said his body was still lying in the forest where he was killed. "We are protecting our land and the life on it, the animals, the birds, even the Awá who are here too," Paulino Guajajara said at the time.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 02, 2019 17:26 UTC