A man has been arrested after a former soldier was stabbed to death in Barbados.

Brian Mulligan, 28, from Ashtead, died on Sunday, June 15, at 5.30am, after being stabbed in the chest in St Lawrence Gap, Christ Church. 

Police in Barbados have said a man was held on Tuesday in relation to the death.

Inspector David Welch, of the Royal Barbados Police Force, said the man is assisting the police with its investigation "in relation to the unnatural death of Brian Mulligan".