police suspect racial motive in liverpool ax killing 0 M( F8 k- |, Z/ a6 R$ o
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. ' F( S; o5 R) m8 l# K9 F# r- P
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.
: ~& o/ O# D; d$ q4 Jthe 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. ) T# B' n: C1 U# U4 j
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.
+ N0 \. \3 S6 Q+ Z% ?no arrests had been made in the attack.
( t3 X4 M9 ]1 I& N' t! z+ K"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( i+ u4 W, A$ ]; ?+ }/ ypolice said several other incidents of racial abuse had been reported in the area recently. 中 华 考 试 网 |