Police have launched an investigation after the memorials of two murdered Leeds police officers were vandalised.
West Yorkshire Police received a report at 6.43pm on Saturday that a memorial dedicated to Pc Ian Broadhurst had been damaged.He was shot and killed by former US Marine David Bieber in the city on December 26 2003.The memorial had been sprayed with black paint, and wreaths and flowers laid at the site had been strewn about, police said.The force received a second report at 9.
"It is absolutely disgusting that someone would deliberately deface the memorials honouring the memories of Pc Ian Broadhurst and Sgt John Speed, who were murdered in the line of duty and made the ultimate sacrifice while attempting to protect the public from armed and dangerous offenders," he said."I know I speak for everyone in West Yorkshire Police and the wider policing family when I say how appalled we are about these incidents.
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