Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing: A3 S0 I6 _' L1 B& r5 u
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.' R# T3 ?2 l! \/ R5 g$ \
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.' }. F' \ C; \( M2 c: d
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.
' X |% L% o3 m: W: a' R# }% j 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.
) K. n' o* B6 @' H2 v" t% W No arrests had been made in the attack. "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 |, w, [/ d6 y Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently |