Man blew up tea house after killing wife in domestic row

Police find woman's body at couple's village home; husband among 14 killed

An explosion at a Chongqing tea house that left 14 people dead was the work of an enraged husband who had just killed his wife in a domestic dispute.

Yuan Daizhong , was one of 11 people who died at the scene of the blast in Xima village on Thursday. Twenty-nine people were injured.

The incident prompted a mainland social scientist to warn yesterday that a loss of respect for other people had caused a decline in moral standards.

Chongqing Public Security Bureau officials said Yuan set off the bomb after killing his wife at their home in Yueyang village, Tongliang county.

Police officers found the body of his wife, surnamed Tan, at the couple's home along with explosives and a number of detonators, a bureau spokesman, Liu Kun , was quoted by Xinhua as saying.

He gave no details about the nature of the domestic dispute.