MANILA, Sept 5, 2010 (AFP) - A British man who went to the Philippines to propose to a woman he met in an Internet chat room was stabbed to death by her jealous lover Sunday, police said.

John Lorne McDonald's would-be bride, Nanqueen Romero, 31, also sustained multiple wounds after being attacked by her Filipino lover, police said in a statement.

McDonald organised a party at Romero's home to ask for her hand in marriage, police said, but it was not clear if she had told him about her Filipino boyfriend, Anselmo Locastales, who turned up and attacked the couple.

Locastales is on the run, police said.

The British Embassy could not be reached Sunday and no personal details about McDonald were immediately available.

Impoverished Philippine women often use matchmaking websites to find foreign husbands in the hope of escaping the country for a better life.