Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing
& Z& H" w3 d1 o7 q' h2 g 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.6 Q6 r9 p) E P, i; ^
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.+ S! @3 ^/ f2 o2 @
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.2 d0 \- _4 @2 r: ^+ H* W _
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.1 y: s+ k; t' J$ [# Y# S
No arrests had been made in the attack.+ c" u; I* C5 y. ~( C
"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.
5 }4 \1 E" n1 ^+ o' M* q! D0 P Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. |