Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing
2 j8 m7 E, ^( k" b 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.
5 H, I# x4 R& i9 X 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.
4 I6 Z$ q( l. s l5 x; l) I9 U 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.
& m- }$ C0 c1 K2 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.
/ u) m+ X; ^- G2 j( v No arrests had been made in the attack.2 @; D. I( ]9 }) u4 M. G; @
"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.
: I w9 X$ ~. C& \. w Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. |
发表于 2012-8-15 00:26:22
