Crucifix set alight and 40 headstones smashed in Scottish cemetery attack

A wooden crucifix was set alight and around forty headstones were vandalised overnight at St Conval’s Cemetery in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire. The attack has caused widespread concern and condemnation across the local community. The vandalism, believed to have occurred in the early hours of Saturday, saw a five‑metre‑high crucifix burned and numerous gravestones demolished or