China police lists gambling den blast suspect

Police officers carry the bodies of the victims at the blast scene in Laoshan Village, Kaili City in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan 14, 2014. Eight suspects were detained as the death toll from a southwest China village blast rose to 15. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

Police has ordered the arrest of a suspect in their investigation of Monday's fatal explosion at a gambling den in southwest China's Guizhou province, said local authorities on Wednesday.

A 35-year-old man surnamed Wu has been put on a nationwide wanted list, according to police authorities in Guizhou.

Fifteen people were killed in the blast, which occurred at 2:40 p.m. on Monday at a gambling site on a remote mountain slope in Laoshan Village of Kaili City. Another eight people were injured.

The casualties were people who had gathered at the site to gamble.