Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing3 K+ e) f& s* E& o7 f% l
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.
: d7 a8 r; o; S2 [+ \6 H* v5 L: N: ?) a 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.
9 L! t0 I$ b% f1 n 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.5 Z2 P- d# K& p0 ~
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.
$ a4 ^5 u D2 i$ E1 q No arrests had been made in the attack.+ Z. m! K4 z3 Z, o9 `+ z. _3 ~7 k
"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.
8 w- Z3 k6 A: O0 L& I+ c Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. |
发表于 2012-8-15 00:04:42
