Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing
2 Q6 D% ?3 C6 {, [/ U1 ]% ~6 l 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.
/ l/ u. r7 z5 D5 E A6 D 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.! C4 v3 p$ g$ ]4 r2 X0 Z4 f
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.- j3 c1 z5 A9 S1 d6 }
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.
4 v# f# m; f8 x, m; Z1 [- R4 H No arrests had been made in the attack.: ~& V5 s- U$ r, Y7 k1 f! O3 x
"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.
: n5 ]+ U# U4 d% }! |! u Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. |
发表于 2012-8-15 00:15:43
