Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing
5 `( F' q3 N0 c+ m9 @ K5 ^ 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 B$ A3 a# Y' g8 @2 j
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.2 H, x ~& @1 V$ 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.8 \6 h1 e/ J) i- P6 t# c, g
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.
( v5 z' A3 ` a8 M# y; V5 q. [ No arrests had been made in the attack.& N- l% ]' h- R) ]/ p: A% b0 O
"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.
9 k8 z7 ~+ y( ~" @4 m Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. |
发表于 2012-8-15 00:04:42
