Two people are said to have been killed and a further two injured after a confrontation with an ‘uncontacted’ tribe.

The Mashco Piro tribe, who live in Peru’s Manú National Park, is suspected to be the largest uncontacted tribe on the planet.

The tribe is said to be made up of 750 members as of this year, with every member having zero contact with anyone outside of the massive group.

Back in July, an organization that represents 39 Indigenous communities in the Cusco and Madre de Dios regions, the Federación Nativa del Río Madre de Dios y Afluentes (FENAMAD), revealed a worrying incident had taken place.

The tribe has a LOT of members. (Survival International)

It was reported the tribe launched an attack on loggers near their territory, in which one logger was injured.

Since then, tensions have risen further to the point where the tribe has fatally shot two logging workers.

Daniel Pena, a spokesperson of FENAMAD, told Reuters the attack took place on Thursday (29 August) in the Madre de Dios region.

Workers had reportedly been opening a trail in the forest when the Mashco Piro tribe launched their attack.

At least two workers have been killed, while a further two are apparently injured and missing.

The attack took place just one day before the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) suspended the certification for a logging company to work in close proximately to the tribe for a period of eight months, the Guardian reports.

Vice-president of FENAMAD, Eusebio Ríos, said: “There are people wounded, dead, missing – we don’t know what’s happening or what has happened.

“FENAMAD has been demanding for a long time that this territory be properly protected for uncontacted peoples.”

Meanwhile Caroline Pearce, executive director of Survival International, a human rights organization campaigning for Indigenous people, said in a statement: “This is a tragedy that was entirely avoidable. The Peruvian authorities have known for years that this area that they chose to sell off for logging was actually the Mashco Piro’s territory.

The group were spotted dangerously close to loggers in July. (Survival International)

“By facilitating the logging and destruction of this rainforest they’re not only endangering the very survival of the Mashco Piro people, who are incredibly vulnerable to epidemics of disease brought in by outsiders, but they’ve knowingly put the lives of the logging workers in danger.”

Survival International previously called for ‘all the logging licenses in the Mashco Piro territory to be revoked’ after the incident in July in which a logger was injured.

An investigation into last week’s incident is currently ongoing, with the Peruvian government likely to face increasing pressure to do more in regards to the current situation.

An uncontacted tribe in the Peruvian Amazon has launched an attack on loggers encroaching on their territory.

The Mashco Piro tribe live in Peru’s Manú National Park.

As of this year, the tribe is said to be made up of more than 750 members.

Mashco Piro tribe live in Peru’s Manú National Park. (Dukas / Contributor/Getty)

The Federación Nativa del Río Madre de Dios y Afluentes (FENAMAD) who represent 39 Indigenous communities in the Cusco and Madre de Dios regions, confirmed that an incident took place on July 27.

The logging that is currently taking place in that area of the Amazon is thought to be illegal, CBS News reports.

“It is presumably illegal because the area where the incident occurred is a forestry concession that belonged to Wood Tropical Forest until November 2022, and we are not aware of a concession that has requested or granted enabling rights in the same area,” an anonymous FENAMAD spokesperson told the outlet.

The tribe has more than 750 members. (Survival International)

The organization went on to call out the Peruvian government for not doing more to protect the Mashco Piro and their home amid increased activity of illegal logging.

In the incident that occurred at the end of last month the tribe are said to have fired arrows at the loggers, leaving one seriously injured.

A similar ordeal occurred in 2022 when two loggers were shot with arrows while fishing. One was fatally injured.

Survival International, an advocacy group for indigenous peoples, is now calling for the Peru’s government to do more.

Teresa Mayo, a researcher at Survival International, said in a phone call to CBS News: “This is a permanent emergency. For the last month we have been seeing the Mascho Piro every two weeks at different points, and in all of them they are surrounded by loggers.

“It’s truly a matter of life and death. And only the government can and has the duty to stop it.”

The group were spotted dangerously close to land granted to loggers last month. (Survival International)

Just weeks before the incident, Survival International Director Caroline Pearce expressed concerns that they were on the verge of a ‘humanitarian disaster’ after images showed members of the tribe just a few miles away from logging concessions.

“This is a humanitarian disaster in the making,” she said. “It’s absolutely vital that the loggers are thrown out.”

Pearce went on: “The FSC must cancel its certification of Canales Tahuamanu immediately – failure to do so will make a mockery of the entire certification system.”

In response to the attack last month, Survival International have doubled down on the importance of protecting Mashco Piro occupied land.

A spokesperson for the organization told UNILAD: “The attack provides further evidence of just how important – and urgent – it is for the whole Mashco Piro territory to be properly protected.

“It reinforces the need for all the logging licenses in the Mashco Piro territory to be revoked, as it is impossible to protect the lives of either the Mashco Piro or the logging workers.”