A British father-of-two stabbed to death in Barbados was a former Iraqi war veteran forced to quit the Army after a grenade blast damaged his hearing. Brian Mulligan, 28, was on a six month contract to the Caribbean island working as a telecoms engineer when he became involved in an early morning dispute with a suspected drug dealer. The former machine gunner was rushed to hospital at 5.30am on Sunday morning after being stabbed in the chest in the popular tourist area of St Lawrence Gap but he died from his injuries. Army veteran and telecoms engineer Brian Mulligan had been in Barbados for eight weeks
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Brian Mulligan, 28, was stabbed in the chest by a suspected drug dealer in popular tourist area St Lawrence Gap
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He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, on Sunday morning
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Mulligan was a telecoms engineer on a six month contract to the Caribbean
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Friends say former machine gunner loved serving his country
Mulligan's army career ended prematurely when he led a charge into an @placeholder house.