A West Island newlywed woman is mourning after her new husband was murdered in the Seychelles Islands.

Jimmy Denis, 35, was attacked and died on Wednesday night.

Family members have gone to the islands to collect Denis's body.

Denis and Christine Gagliardi were married on March 20. After the wedding, while his family had returned to Canada, he stayed behind to sell some assets he owned on the islands. He was scheduled to return home next week.

Denis’s sister said the family had been in contact with the Canadian embassy. No motive for the murder has been confirmed.