Authorities in the Dominican Republic say a Canadian retiree has been killed in an apparent robbery and two local men have been arrested as suspects.

A statement from police in the beach town of Sosua says Leo Frank Boulanger was killed in an apartment he had rented for three month with his Dominican girlfriend. The body of the 75-year-old from Winnipeg was found Tuesday. A preliminary examination determined the cause of death as asphyxia.

Police say the men arrested Wednesday had the victim's cellphone and other belongings and confessed to killing him in the course of robbing him and trying to get his bank code.

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The killing of Boulanger follows by two weeks that of a German visitor to Sosua, 76-year-old Ernst-Gunter Haun, also in a robbery.