PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (17 Oct 2008) — Britian issued a new travel warning less than a week after the brutal murder of a tourist couple in Tobago. On October 9, Swedish couple Anna Sundsval, 62, and Oke Olsoon, 73, were chopped to death at their villa in Tobago. Law enforcement officials in Tobago described the gruesome double murder as the worst they have ever seen. The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office stopped short of advising tourists not to visit Tobago but urged them to be extremely cautious and to ensure their accommodation provided full 24-hour security and steel grilles to prevent criminals from breaking through hotel room windows. Foreigners murdered in Trinidad & Tobago October 9, 2008: Swedish couple Anna Sundsval, 62, and Oke Olsoon, 73, chopped to death at their villa in TobagoOctober 3, 2008: German national Gunther Woehner, 72, is shot dead at his Zoar Heights, Four Roads home in a robbery. Woehner lived in Trinidad for 40 years.January 18, 2005: German Jurgen Claus Keck, 60, a retired engineer turned artist/painter, is shot dead at his Aquaview Terrace, Carenage.April 29, 2004: Canadian professor Robert Mac Donald, 43, succumbs to his injuries after being shot by robbers. Mac Donald was in the country to attend a karate tournament.February 26, 2004: American customer services representative Camelia Nyack, 31, is killed in a shoot-out at a friend's home at Sorzano Street, Arima after visiting Trinidad for Carnival celebrations.February 12, 2002: American oil engineer Mark Staley, 38, of Mountain View, Wyoming, is stabbed to death during Carnival Monday night mas.March 10, 1996: The body of an American yachtie is discovered in the Tucker Valley hills.May 11, 1994: The bodies of Canadian Geoff Thomas Barnes, 23, and his pregnant wife Sherelle Ann Barnes, 22, are discovered on a Blanchisesse beach in May, 1994. | | Officials in Tobago said the murders of a Swedish tourist couple were the most brutal they have ever seen. |
