Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing6 S5 h6 {& f) ]' Y5 } ~1 b: F6 E4 H
A black teenager who was followed through a park by a group of men shouting racist taunts died Saturday after an attacker embedded an ax in his skull.+ m/ `( v2 G+ f; i( {5 O# z% p
Anthony Walker, 18, was waiting for a bus with his girlfriend and a cousin when a man started shouting racist taunts at them late Friday near Walker‘s home in Liverpool, police said.8 n" Q% [3 J! i" w
The three left to find another bus stop to avoid any trouble, police said. But a group of three or four men followed them through a park, and Walker‘s companions saw someone bludgeon him with an ax.
* V0 w h$ Q6 C6 F( y They ran to get help and returned a few minutes later to find him with the ax embedded in his skull, news reports said. Walker died early Saturday.
& f+ v; H" d) K/ v# ^9 [( W No arrests had been made in the attack., n* @# H# z7 C* H- x; a
"What we are dealing with here is a vicious and unprovoked attack on a young black man which we believe to be racially motivated," said Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Currie, who was leading the investigation.
! \3 o' b8 B+ M- Y; N Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. |