The bloodthirsty nut who hacked a prominent American businessman to death in Beijing was a two-time marital loser whose domestic discord pushed him toward madness, cops said yesterday.
It still wasn’t clear yesterday what prompted homicidal loner Tang Yongming’s attack Saturday, which killed Todd Bachman, father-in-law of Olympic volleyball head coach Hugh McCutcheon, critically injured wife Barbara Bachman and wounded a tour guide at Beijing’s Drum Tower.
American volleyball players scored an opening-round win yesterday, even as they grieved Bachman’s murder.
Tang, 47, jumped to his death after the attack, and cops painted a picture of an increasingly depressed, isolated lunatic.
Tang endured his second divorce in 2006 and grew despondent after his 21-year-old son was busted for fraud last year, cops told the Chinese press.
President Bush thanked Chinese President Hu Jintao for his government’s handling of the attack.