Graves have been damaged at a south Shropshire cemetery, a shocked town's mayor has confirmed.
A reader contacted the Shropshire Star on Sunday saying that graves have been damaged at Broseley Cemetery with a headstone pushed over, vases smashed and flower arrangements destroyed.
Councillor Ian West, the town's mayor, said the damage to three graves has been reported to the police. "I am shocked by what has happened," he said."It is not the kind of behaviour we are used to in our town.The mayor said council workers will be looking to making repairs from Monday.Broseley Cemetery in Ironbridge Road is managed by Broseley Town Council and maintained by the town's groundsmen.
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