Qld: Up to 50 headstones vandalised at Brisbane cemetery

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2006
Qld: Up to 50 headstones vandalised at Brisbane cemetery

Vandals have destroyed up to 50 headstones .. during a rampage in a Brisbane cemetery.

Some of the desecrated headstones at the Toowong Cemetery date back to the 1920s ..

and the damage bill could run into the tens of thousands.

Police say the attack looks random .. and probably happened late on Friday night or
early Saturday when the headstones were kicked over and smashed.

Toowong councillor JUDY MAGUB says authorities recently set up a Cemetery Watch initiative
.. similar to the Neighbourhood Watch program .. to reduce vandalism.

AAP RTV jvb/srp/bart

KEYWORD: HEADSTONES (BRISBANE)

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