Police suspect racial motive in Liverpool ax killing ! N# \+ V" ~0 ^- o- t! @8 x 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 n4 a$ f& G& ?( P# H9 y+ 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 Walker‘s home in Liverpool, police said。2 y. w- G. i+ ^2 L% w* 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。 3 f z: `3 p/ B- k% X/ P 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。 2 \" I0 x" k/ L. r& X No arrests had been made in the attack。. A' e7 z! ~) l
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。 $ k' J9 I0 \" O! r/ ^: P. ? Police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently