police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing
" I1 X8 l- R5 o) L5 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.
, Q3 W. d' P" D5 G5 O u4 `- d 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.
- i# ~& \2 {; E0 q 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.
% H0 n& C" t! ^6 _* 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.) Q5 Z5 u5 g2 T. @+ X
no arrests had been made in the attack.# I/ ]& h- O* J( R
"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.% g, Z/ c$ q6 d3 I% e$ _0 e) a
police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. |