Six questioned over honeymoon murder

London: Police in Antigua are questioning six suspects over the murder of a British doctor shot dead on her honeymoon, according to local media reports on Tuesday.

Catherine Mullany, 31, was killed in her hotel room at a luxury resort on the Caribbean island. Her husband Benjamin Mullany, also 31, was shot in the neck and is in critical condition. South Wales Police said the couple had been due to fly home on Monday, the day after the shooting. The force has appointed two officers to support the families.

Detectives on the island are questioning six people, although they have not been arrested or charged, the BBC and Sky News reported, citing local journalists. No one from Antigua's police could immediately be reached to confirm the reports.

A tourist staying in a beachside bungalow close to the couple described hearing gunshots at 5 am.

"I heard three shots. It was such a dreadful sound," Beverley Stairs told the Daily Mirror. "It is so horrible. I feel very, very angry. They were such a lovely couple."

In a statement, the couple's parents said: "We are deeply shocked and devastated at the recent events in Antigua and are struggling to comprehend what has happened to Ben and Catherine."

Police have not released details of the shootings and have not commented on reports that the attack followed a bungled robbery.

The couple, from south Wales, married on July 12 and left for the Caribbean two days later.