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　　police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing
' ?/ t+ J0 J. i5 F/ l8 q6 S　　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.
& V+ f. y( y! @$ u% X　　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.
4 I' P! y8 Q' a! K* c" G% t  F4 t, O　　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.
　　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.
0 Y9 ?" B, U. k　　no arrests had been made in the attack.
: O6 s. ?! I3 ]4 m　　"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.
- B  b2 e: i% }) F9 u6 i) u8 Q　　police said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently.