Franciscato

Mr Franciscato, who was accompanied by police, attempted to take shelter behind a vehicle, but was struck in the chest by an arrow, witnesses said.

Rieli Franciscato, defender of isolated Amazonian tribes in Brazil, was killed by an arrow to the chest.

Rieli Franciscato, who was 56 years old, was an official for the Brazilian government’s indigenous affairs agency Funai, where he had worked to set up reservations to protect tribes in the country.