British detectives are to fly to Antigua to help with the investigation into the shooting of newlyweds Catherine and Benjamin Mullany.
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The couple, from Pontardawe, south Wales, were attacked on Sunday, the last day of their two-week honeymoon.
Mrs Mullany was killed in the attack; her husband, who is critically ill, is being flown back to the UK.
A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said the team would include one officer from South Wales Police, and would "support the local senior investigating officers".
Bungled robbery
Mr Mullany's air ambulance is expected to land at Cardiff International Airport in the early hours of Saturday morning and he is then expected to be transferred to Swansea's Morriston Hospital.
The body of his wife is being flown back to Britain from Antigua on a separate flight, accompanied by her parents.
The couple, both 31, were shot in a suspected bungled robbery at the Cocos Hotel.
On Friday, police commissioner Gary Nelson said the shootings may be linked to another murder which happened about two months ago in a house in the Antiguan capital, St John's.
It also appeared to be a robbery and the young male victim was shot in the back of his head, he said.
Mr Nelson confirmed that Mr Mullany, a physiotherapist, was shot in the back of the head with a handgun.
The bullet remains lodged in his brain and Mr Mullany is in a coma, he added.
Mr Nelson, who was brought in from Canada earlier this year, is in charge of a 350-strong police force which operates with no computers and no crime database, and only one forensics officer.
Police have now questioned 31 people in the investigation, and four people remain in custody.
A reward of Ј67,000 has been offered for information leading to the conviction of the killer.
(BBC)
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