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Six people are being questioned by police over the murder of a British doctor shot dead on the last day of her honeymoon in Antigua.It is believed those being questioned over the killing of Catherine Mullany, 31, are known to the police.Catherine's husband Benjamin, also 31, is in a critical condition in hospital after he was also shot.Relatives of the couple, from Pontardawe, south Wales, are due to arrive on the island on Tuesday.The couple's families have said they are "deeply shocked and devastated" by the attack, which happened on the last day of the couple's two-week honeymoon.Visitors in a neighbouring cottage at Cocos Hotel heard shots at around 0500 Antigua time on Sunday morning. Colleagues have expressed their sorrow at Dr Mullany's death
'Devastated' by doctor's killing Officers said in the early stages of the investigation that they were treating the incident as a robbery which had gone wrong. It is believed that someone entered their cottage while the couple were asleep.Mr Mullany, who is a physiotherapist, was taken to Holberton Hospital, where he is in the intensive care unit.Dr Mullany, nee Bowen, was a hospital doctor based at the children's unit at Swansea's Singleton Hospital. She was training to be a GP.In a statement released through South Wales Police, the couple's families 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. Catherine was delightful, any parent would be proud to have a daughter like Catherine Dr Dewi Evans "We appreciate the support of our family and friends."Two family liaison officers are supporting the families, passing on information from the Antiguan authorities and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.Dr Dewi Evans, a consultant paediatrician at Singleton Hospital Swansea and a friend of Mrs Mullany's family said: "It's horrific, I can't imagine anything as bad as this ever happening in our department, in our hospital, in hospitals anywhere in Wales, the whole of the time I have worked here."She had worked in children's department for six months as part of her training to become a GP, he said."Catherine was delightful, any parent would be proud to have a daughter like Catherine," he said. Police have been carrying out investigations around the hotel "Any doctor would love to have someone like Catherine as a colleague. She was an attractive, conscientious, extremely able young person."I think any patient would love to have her as a GP. I've no doubt that she would have succeeded in any medical discipline that she chose."He said Catherine's family and colleagues were "devastated" by her death."There is a cloud over the whole hospital I think but what Catherine would want is for us to put the patients first and that's what's happening," he added.A spokeswoman for Cocos Hotel Antigua, a popular getaway for newlyweds, said they were co-operating closely with the police investigation.She said: "Our thoughts are with the families of the couple concerned."Its website bills the hotel near Valley Church as an "exclusive resort for those looking to escape to paradise", located between two white sand beaches.It has 19 cottages each costing up to £330 a night, set in expansive gardens.
