The scene at Miltown Cemetery in west Belfast where a gang of youths set the gates on fire on Friday night.
Pic: Jonathan Porter News In Brief
Cemetery gates in Belfast are believed to have been vandalised by a group of youths who are said to have set fire to traffic cones and a wheelie bin right beside them. “Significant damage” was also caused to the surrounding entrance according to the Diocese of Down and Connor.
“This was a dangerous, inexcusable and deliberate act of vandalism which violated the sanctuary of a site of burial,” DCO Eddie McGee said.
He said that it “engenders a sense of distress among the local community whose loved ones are buried within this sacred place.”