Sixty tombstones at Edmonton Cemetery, in North London, have been smashed by vandals, who also set fire to a waiting-room by igniting pages torn from prayer books. The police are looking for the vandals, who were able to gain access to the grounds by swinging on ropes from nearby trees.
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