police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing . p1 ?/ E) w; K
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.
- Q9 U. n& y7 a& R2 z4 }0 Manthony 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. 9 O2 M' p, f9 K V& t7 k! h3 H5 Z: R
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. 2 ^: s1 l( O% i/ o, a) ^
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.
; B& K4 [1 T, D. F8 b( k( F; Sno arrests had been made in the attack. / F a# o8 T. ]( E; j# Y H E
"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.
/ z. g" n1 r- j5 z; t2 Q2 O+ hpolice said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. |