Tanzania graveyard robbery: Grief in Morogoro as scrap metal thieves target crosses

Graves in the Tanzanian city of Morogoro are being targeted as people steal metal crosses to sell on.

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In some, there is a gap where a metal crucifix once stood, in others the religious symbol is bent as thieves, who were hoping sell it to scrap merchants, tried and failed to remove it.

More than 250 have been targeted in one small section of the Kola Municipal Cemetery alone.

The crimes mostly happen at night when there is no security and there are no cemetery workers around.

They have left families devastated and the sites desecrated, sparking anger.

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