police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing
1 w: a& s6 c% x. z/ k! [ 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.
6 o) U! J) T8 L$ k# n4 p( {; g 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. U O$ S( p' O+ d' k( `+ _9 m
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.7 u) {. V$ Q" }) O2 ~$ v% b2 I: ?
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/ o5 h U& J# K+ t* h0 g
no arrests had been made in the attack.
3 n9 c1 L+ D% 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.
( H8 }0 R* W* b P( c police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently |