police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing
: z( W' d' ]! C4 N+ Y+ ` 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.
H. a1 ~& }$ q/ b+ d0 B1 X# Wanthony 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.
' R' ?% ^* ` p0 cthe 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. # ]! @# y- M- e% H! E8 i, e, _9 z6 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. * X7 V6 B' I0 z
no arrests had been made in the attack. 1 W* i. }+ y4 U5 q, 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.
* n0 k5 P, h0 v& Ipolice said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently |
发表于 2012-8-15 00:04:42
