Doctor Killed on Antigua Honeymoon
Antigua (July 28) -- A British doctor was killed and her newlywed husband critically wounded in an apparent robbery at a beach hotel in Antigua, officials in the Caribbean island said Monday.
At least one gunman entered their cottage at Coco's Hotel before dawn Sunday and shot Catherine and Benjamin Mullany, Police Commissioner Gary Nelson said.
Honeymoon Takes Tragic TurnSouth Wales Police / ReutersBritish doctor Catherine Mullany was killed and her new husband, Benjamin, was critically wounded while on their honeymoon in Antigua. Police said Monday the couple, shown in an undated holiday snapshot, were shot in an apparent robbery attempt in their hotel.
Authorities have questioned several people but have not made any arrests, Nelson said.
A special task force that includes police and members of the military set up checkpoints in the area of the attack and searched cars and people's backpacks for any leads, he said.
Benjamin Mullany was in critical condition at Holberton General Hospital in the Antiguan capital of St. John's, with a gunshot wound.
The couple, both 31, came to Antigua for a two-week honeymoon following their July 12 marriage, police said. They were scheduled to return home Monday, their families said in a statement.
'We are deeply shocked and devastated at the recent events in Antigua and are struggling to comprehend what has happened to Ben and Catherine,' the families said.
The wife was a doctor from the Pontardawe area of south Wales, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported. Police Inspector Cornelius Charles said that the motive appeared to be robbery but authorities had not ruled out other possibilities.
Harold Lovell, tourism minister of the two-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, met with guests at the hotel and said security would be increased in the area. The government offered to relocate any guests who wanted to leave.
Catherine Mullany is the 10th person slain so far this year in Antigua.
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