police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing 8 C" z6 b2 w n7 p; q1 |
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.
" O0 p" ]& a5 u+ S V4 }2 E; Oanthony 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. & r8 B* G5 C+ |& D
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. - z+ r3 |9 F: E2 P; g- ^& 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.
i! J, F( _( _2 ono arrests had been made in the attack.
# E' s8 x* U* g/ V1 R"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.
& E& F" C& i0 _8 r! Apolice said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. 中 华 考 试 网 |