Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing
- g0 \& Y' J& r, [8 s/ k 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.
. j* l$ G- v7 Z) m a* v 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.- ` a% D. E* u' K) h
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.( Y& z; p. {8 y# q* e# b0 P
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.: O2 h$ L( {! v" E% ~/ r7 r- l
No arrests had been made in the attack.
# @" c- `) U" X3 D# I6 Q' v "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.
" G6 k4 h% r0 p& a Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. |