police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing ; v" x' s- o* b/ x X6 l" g. O+ X
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 Q; T4 T( K: w C- K7 m# i
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. / ?7 }, V3 {4 E4 [1 ]& L" ^
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.
- B. [$ g7 V7 i5 [7 }- zthey 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. ! m0 Z7 q; j6 ] h; O
no arrests had been made in the attack.
$ [- ?2 ]' W0 z( @( a' K h! ["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.
( I6 W; X1 y+ I5 y$ T( L- dpolice said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. |