Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing/ Q) ]1 m/ i+ A! }% x% a1 ^
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。" F: y c7 E6 D5 }9 J4 C5 e, k
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。 + [( M, \% D; }7 I/ g$ D 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 Walker‘s companions saw someone bludgeon him with an ax。 ( I) G) ?; R; ]$ W c7 p% N 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 L6 B" s( V" G$ k# H& ~5 T
No arrests had been made in the attack。 a1 o; o8 m+ `& t5 C5 M" i 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 Z& v: P% G4 K2 k; e3 H/ t
Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently