police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing / K+ w8 ~4 z! ~2 R& w( w: }7 h 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。 0 p+ L, q$ 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 walkers home in liverpool, police said。 d% y0 _# R) s" m, I: x+ o. n the three left to find another bus stop to avoid any trouble, police said。 but a group of threeorfour men followed them through a park, and walkers companions saw someone bludgeon him with an ax。4 a3 z! \" V2 \
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。$ @& j t$ C+ J7 z
no arrests had been made in the attack。5 e4 a) W' H2 b: g l
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。 & x5 O4 j; J2 d+ t# f/ y police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently