police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing, `& R, P' Q" t7 ^7 a4 P, E" }8 e
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 r3 Q, v4 \0 s
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 walkers home in liverpool, police said。
R. y* X$ b4 j- S T9 {, @ the three left to find another bus stop to avoid any trouble, police said。 but a group of threeorfour men followed them through a park, and walkers companions saw someone bludgeon him with an ax。( S) H1 L. H& b3 u. l1 _1 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。
; Z% e: s; P. O: b* p no arrests had been made in the attack。$ @; _# L. t f- u) 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。$ H. z! q: X. W- R' D, l
police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently |