Does Negan kill DARYL? New Walking Dead trailer gives tantalizing clue about who villain kills as he asks Rick ‘was he your right hand man?’

It is a question burning in the forefront of Walking Dead fans minds for months.

And viewers were finally given a clue this weekend as to who the diabolical Negan kills after last season's cliffhanger.

In a new sneak peek a tantalising clue is given as to who in Rick Grimes' party was murdered by the bat wielding psychopath...and it could be Daryl.

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Negan's choice: In a new sneak peek for The Walking Dead we learn at the very least the bat wielding psychopath has so far spared Rick Grimes' life

Negan's choice: In a new sneak peek for The Walking Dead we learn at the very least the bat wielding psychopath has so far spared Rick Grimes' life

The scene shows Rick on his knees in the aftermath of Negan's brutal killing of one of his friends.

'I'm gonna kill you,' the former sheriff says quietly.

Negan, clutching his bloody bat wrapped in razor wire, kneels down beside him: 'I didn't hear you.'

Trauma: The scene shows Rick on his knees in the aftermath of Negan's brutal killing of one of his friends

Trauma: The scene shows Rick on his knees in the aftermath of Negan's brutal killing of one of his friends

Making promises: 'I'm gonna kill you,' the former sheriff says quietly

Making promises: 'I'm gonna kill you,' the former sheriff says quietly

Negan, clutching his bloody bat wrapped in razor wire, kneels down beside him: 'I didn't hear you.'

Negan, clutching his bloody bat wrapped in razor wire, kneels down beside him: 'I didn't hear you.'

'Not today, not tomorrow,' Rick promises, 'but I'm gonna kill you.'

Negan laughs off the threat and offers the first real clue as to who he just murdered.

'What'd he have, a knife?' Negan asks Simon, who is off camera.

'Not today, not tomorrow,' Rick promises, 'but I'm gonna kill you.'

'Not today, not tomorrow,' Rick promises, 'but I'm gonna kill you.'

The clip ends with Negan dragging Rick like a rag doll to his trailer as the camera pans down to show the remains of Rick's friend on the gravel

The clip ends with Negan dragging Rick like a rag doll to his trailer as the camera pans down to show the remains of Rick's friend on the gravel

Does Daryl survive? The teaser hints that the beloved character may not make it

Does Daryl survive? The teaser hints that the beloved character may not make it

'He had a hatchet,' Simon answers. 

Negan then turns to Rick and says: 'Simon is my right hand man.'

'Do you have one?' Negan asks menacingly. 'Or did I...?'

The implication being that he had murdered Rick's right hand man right before his eyes.

The clip ends with Negan dragging Rick like a rag doll to his trailer as the camera pans down to show the remains of Rick's friend on the gravel.

The new season of The Walking Dead premieres on October 23 on AMC. 

The new season of The Walking Dead premieres on October 23 on AMC

The new season of The Walking Dead premieres on October 23 on AMC

 

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