Scot dies after bar shooting in St Lucia

A 48-year-old man from Scotland has died after a bar shooting on the Caribbean island of St Lucia.

Donnie McKinnon is understood to be from Lochaber in the Highlands. He was previously a manager at the Marcliffe Hotel in Aberdeen.

Another British man, Peter Jackson from Lancashire, was hurt in the incident in Soufriere on Saturday.

"Everyone knew them," one resident told St Lucia Times. "They were community people. This is sad."

The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force said the shooting was under investigation.

A spokesperson said: "We are taking statements from individuals and we have officers on the ground."

It is understood Mr McKinnon moved to St Lucia several years ago, after working at the Marcliffe Hotel where he was a manager from 2007 until 2009.

The hotel said in a statement: "All of us at the Marcliffe are devastated to hear of the death of Donnie McKinnon in such terrible and violent circumstances.

"We are all part of the Marcliffe family - staff past and present - and to lose Donnie in such a way has deeply saddened us all.

"We will remember him as the lovely, unassuming and very popular guy we all knew; he will be sorely missed. We send our love and condolences to his family and friends at this sad time."

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said in a statement: "We are supporting the family of a British man who has died and a British man who has been injured in St Lucia."