Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing ! S5 Z8 q8 B: [4 }8 I8 d 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 3 g; B) ]% k) E4 P: D 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+ Q9 ~5 q( b0 `
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/ W5 {/ ~ o7 e: ]
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 ! _. k0 W: G: `, w* E No arrests had been made in the attack , G z% j0 u8 S$ 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' T/ t! G# T/ N6 Z: x/ _' \
Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently