Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing 9 [( h# s# R( 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 ^1 O% c( r. K
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。0 \& y6 O; [ m5 s& C
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 Walker‘s companions saw someone bludgeon him with an ax。 9 o" F f' r- c: e R( E2 Y% C& P$ _: U 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。) l. f8 x8 @6 ~
No arrests had been made in the attack。- b' i, N. z/ h8 `' j: @
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。: L& W B* S/ |# R6 L" V/ R
Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently