police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing
7 y" i' l! S) D 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.# B' j8 I- i8 ?2 I& `/ @
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.
@! k7 E# Z$ G5 | 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.
: E; t+ I: O( a0 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.
1 o/ i) t! W+ S" x no arrests had been made in the attack.
6 T4 [: Z8 R% d+ 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.
1 m0 s0 r" g2 o8 H police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. |