Rieli Franciscato spent most of his career trying to protect indigenous tribes in the Amazon

REUTERS. Rieli Franciscato, 56, died on Wednesday after being struck by an annow in a remote region of Rondônia state in north-western Brazil. He was in the area to monitor a tribe as part of his work for the government's indigenous agency, Funai. 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. A policeman who witnessed the incident said Mr Franciscato managed to remove the arrow, which hit him above the heart. "He cried out, pulled the arrow from his chest, ran 50m (164ft) and collapsed, lifeless," the officer said in an audio recording posted to social media.