police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing$ b5 U. E$ i/ W: M
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。$ t* U4 @9 u5 [. m$ O4 L. c6 F8 e# l
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。% G. z3 w1 w- j$ T1 n9 [
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。 . @/ |% b2 n$ j8 R8 @ 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。8 X7 Z7 Z0 i( x* v
no arrests had been made in the attack。 5 t5 U- R4 ?# W# W! D 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。7 a5 \; u' A5 V8 N3 j# J; N E
police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently