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A Tobagonian is in police custody after the stabbing death of an American man who was on holiday in the sister island.

Homicide detectives are investigating the killing of Christopher Brown, 43, who lived at Silverthorne, Colorado, USA. He was murdered in the village of Castara, Tobago on Wednesday night, in what residents believe may have been a case of mistaken identity.

He was killed around 10.35 p.m. along Depot Road and appeared to have been stabbed several times.