Honeymooners Celia and David Barlow were killed along with a national park guide in Uganda.
A friend who toasted a couple at their wedding three days before they were murdered has said news of their deaths was "like a massive kick".
Police said the honeymooners were attacked on Tuesday by "terrorists" who set fire to their safari vehicle.Uganda Police ForcePolice in Uganda said "terrorists" attacked the couple's safari vehicle and set it on fire He said: "They were... highly successful people. David was a director of a family wood-yard that's been here for 11 generations and Celia was senior vice-president of a hotel chain.
They said they were pursuing suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces rebel group, an IS-linked Islamist group operating mainly in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo .
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