A Briton has been killed and his friend injured following a shooting at a bar on the Caribbean island of St Lucia.
Donnie McKinnon and Peter Jackson were reportedly on the balcony of a bar on Market Road in Soufriere on Saturday afternoon when masked gunmen opened fire on them.
Mr McKinnon, from Scotland, died, while Mr Jackson, believed to be from Accrington, Lancashire, was taken to hospital.
The two British men had been living on the island for some time, according to the St Lucia Times.
The publication said Mr McKinnon moved to Saint Lucia several years ago and became a citizen of the country as manager of the Soufriere estate, a 2,000-acre former working plantation.
He would have been a resident of La Réunion, Choiseul, located on the southwestern side of the island.
Mr. Jackson, 72, had lived in Saint Lucia for more than 30 years and is also a citizen, local media reported.
He is also a well-known community activist and former director of the Soufrière Regional Development Foundation.
“Everyone knew them. They were people from the community. It’s sad,” one person told the St Lucia Times.
Another local resident wrote on Facebook: “Still shaken. Near my house in a bar by the water. Two people were shot. One died.”
The incident reportedly sent shockwaves through the community of Soufriere, where locals said the pair were well known.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: ‘We are supporting the family of a Briton who died and a Briton injured in Saint Lucia.
Saint Lucia has recorded 67 homicides this year.
