The scene at a park in Huyton, after an 18 year old black man was attacked and killed with an axe late last night. Just minutes earlier he had been racially abused while waiting for a bus with his girlfriend and a male relative, both 17. A Merseyside Police spokesman said: "This was a totally unprovoked and racially motivated attack."

The scene at a park in Huyton, after an 18 year old black man was attacked and killed with an axe late last night. Just minutes earlier he had been racially abused while waiting for a bus with his girlfriend and a male relative, both 17. A Merseyside Police spokesman said: "This was a totally unprovoked and racially motivated attack." Stock Photo
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PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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8.9 MB (518.8 KB Compressed download)

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2152 x 1448 px | 36.4 x 24.5 cm | 14.3 x 9.7 inches | 150dpi

Date taken:

30 July 2005

Location:

Liverpool UK

Photographer:

Phil Noble

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Axe Attack

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