Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing
6 R; c$ Y( O8 ]$ z% d6 I. c" P 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.
( O+ S& q: `6 B1 |- Q& u& ~ 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.5 B6 v7 b G) F1 G1 g( q$ r7 D
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.3 t% R* B- X. d9 c
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.8 A: p2 A9 w% k, S; U- m
No arrests had been made in the attack. "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 B2 C! A: q0 `) Q- H0 ?
Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently |