police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing
6 F+ H# e8 y% X7 F4 Z& Q' {& T& 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. 8 G* d S. I8 O9 B; x* {8 @
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.
: S, l. ~0 G* _- N5 Z# ~3 jthe 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 n, ~6 ^# ?8 t+ m/ B" C6 e% d* Gthey 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.
$ W3 K7 X7 _2 L0 S) p3 i9 }no arrests had been made in the attack. % C. }( x7 {; p' h) n8 x1 V
"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.
! @% \0 V W. k7 Apolice said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently |
发表于 2012-8-15 00:04:42
