Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing $ E' C6 F, j0 ?& ?/ P 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$ p* W# C X( _' O' N
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 # { Z4 g0 r- p; X- [* v) E 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 ax5 ]1 r/ t- X4 }9 ?) m9 f& L: m( a
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' p/ [2 L% _2 T% u% N% G* ]
No arrests had been made in the attack4 [0 Z6 w2 y. \2 N: d! N7 R: }8 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. Z( V, _: G) G% s1 r6 q
Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently
发表于 2012-8-15 00:15:43
