Couple Gunned Down on Caribbean Honeymoon

ST JOHN'S, Antigua, July 28, 2008— -- A British doctor was killed and her newlywedhusband critically wounded in an apparent robbery at a beach hotel inAntigua, officials in the Caribbean island said Monday.

At least one gunman entered their cottage at Coco's Hotel before dawnSunday and shot Catherine Bowen and Benjamin Mullany, Police CommissionerGary Nelson said.

Authorities have questioned several suspects but have no one in custody,Nelson said.

Mullany was in critical condition at Holberton General Hospital in theAntiguan capital of St. John's, with a gunshot wound.

The couple, both 31, came to Antigua for a two-week honeymoon followingtheir July 12 marriage, police said.

Mullany was a doctor from the Pontardawe area of south Wales, the BritishBroadcasting Corp. reported.

Harold Lovell, tourism minister of the two-island nation of Antigua andBarbuda, met with guests at the hotel, in the island's southwest, and saidsecurity would be increased in the area.

"This isolated incident has deeply shocked our community and we wish toreassure visitors that Antigua and Barbuda is a safe destination," Lovellsaid in a statement issued later.

Bowen was the 10th person slain so far this year in Antigua.