British man, 26, shot dead on Caribbean island while on holiday

"A murder investigation has been launched after a British man was found shot dead on a Caribbean island. Royal Saint Lucia Police Force officers were called to reports of a body with multiple gunshot wounds on a road around 10.50pm on Tuesday. He was later pronounced dead at the scene by emergency teams in Garrand, Babonneau. The 26 year-old victim, originally from London, was living in nearby Anguilla and holidaying in Saint Lucia where he was discovered."

"We are urging anyone with information to contact the major crimes unit, a police source told The Daily Mail. We would like to know who he was visiting and why was he in the area. We have very little information about the victim. All we know is that he was British and visiting from an island nearby. We need to get to the bottom of this immediately."

A 26-year-old British man was found with multiple gunshot wounds on a road in Garrand, Babonneau and was pronounced dead at the scene. Royal Saint Lucia Police Force officers responded around 10.50pm and have launched a homicide probe into the killing. The victim was originally from London, lived in Anguilla and was holidaying in Saint Lucia at the time of his death. Police have urged anyone with information to contact the major crimes unit and want to establish who he was visiting and why he was in the area. The incident follows a recent shooting in which a minibus driver was shot during an alleged robbery and remains in hospital in stable condition. Earlier this year a seven-month-old British infant, Tommy Taylor-Mclean, died after a fall in Saint Lucia that caused a brain bleed; an inquest was opened after repatriation and officials said the circumstances did not result in a criminal investigation on the island.

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