Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing# P2 O% r; A4 t% j1 B5 c6 z% 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。. W' o; @& @* C/ x. p% p
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。 ! Y; y7 C; s; d 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。 - q9 G; j. K" U1 {$ } 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。" |+ N! N% F. Q9 v4 B' s3 N; O
No arrests had been made in the attack。 ' L( d. z5 l0 |5 t+ a 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。 * {# i5 |" i8 U6 D f5 [4 P Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently