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**beergal** · 07-31-2005, 03:48 PM

i would just like to highlight the violence that is errupting at the UK at the moment. I was horrified over the weekend to come across the story of an 18yr old black youth being attacked iand murdered n Huyton, Merseyside. My best mate lives here and you wouldnt think this sort of stuff would happen where she lives

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* Killed: Anthony Walker
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Family's Grief*

VIDEO: Racist Murder* *

AXE DEATH - MAN ARRESTED

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a racist attack on a teenager in which an axe was embedded in his skull.

Anthony Walker, an 18-year-old black 'A' level student was killed in the \"vicious and unprovoked\" assault in a park near his home in Huyton on Friday night.

Just minutes earlier he had been subjected to a \"torrent of racial abuse\" as he waited for a bus with his teenage girlfriend and cousin.

Detective chief Superintendent Peter Currie, who is leading the Merseyside police investigation, said: \"An 18-year-old man from Huyton was arrested after officers executed three search warrants after clashes in Huyton.

Mr Currie added: \"We have had a tremendous response from members of the public and local community following Anthony's death, and we need people to keep coming forward with information.\"

Mr Walker was a keen basketball player who went to church and wanted to be a lawyer. He had spent the evening at home with his girlfriend, who is white.

Shortly before 11.30pm on Friday, they walked to the bus stop outside Huyton Park on St. John's Road so Mr Walker's girlfriend, 17, could catch a ten-minute bus-ride home to Kirkby.

As the couple waited for a bus with Mr Walker's male cousin, also 17 and black, they were racially abused by a man wearing a hooded top standing outside the pub.

They did not retaliate, and left to find another bus stop, because they \"didn't want any bother or any trouble,\" police said.

They were followed, and as they walked through McGoldrick Park they were attacked by a gang of three or four men.

Mr Walker's girlfriend and cousin saw the axe-man bludgeon him, and ran off to get help.

When they returned minutes later, they found Mr Walker slumped on the ground, with the axe still embedded in his head.

He was taken to Whiston Hospital before being transferred to Walton Neurological Centre, where he died at 5.25am on Saturday.

**Somnambulation** · 08-01-2005, 01:31 AM

Its the 'yob' culture over there. Violence is a passtime, kinda like in A Clockwork Orange. But whats with all the axe murderings in England? There was a dude beheaded in broad daylight about 4 months ago in north London.

**beergal** · 08-01-2005, 02:09 AM

i really dont know whats going on with all the axe's but this case of anthony walker looks like a purely racially motivated attack, which is even more worrying seeing as that Liverpool is known for being massively multi-cultral and proud of being that way.

It always makes me laugh when "foreigners" comment on our yob culture but then im embarrassed that that is the only thing people may think of

**omisan** · 08-01-2005, 10:36 AM

I'd be more worried about the cops...

**beergal** · 08-01-2005, 10:39 AM

or look a bit foreign ha ha what a joke!

no wonder why tp wants to change the logo

well they have name the two guys wanted over the murder of anthony apparently they have fled to europe

**bluepea** · 08-01-2005, 11:01 AM

That is really sad. What a totally wretched thing to do. You often wonder what goes through peoples' heads in scenarios like that, if they realize the permanence and brutality of their sick senseless actions or if they are so apathetic about life they just don't care.

**bassgirl79** · 08-01-2005, 11:53 AM

i live in huyton too

**beergal** · 08-01-2005, 12:32 PM

bassgirl NO WAY!! we will have to do a meet-up when i come back in september if your interested?