‘Heartless’ thieves steal dead children’s memorial plaques from Melbourne cemetery

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Eighty plaques stolen from Garden of Little Angels at Altona Memorial Park in a bid to sell bronze for scrap metal, police say

Thieves have stolen memorial plaques erected by families in memory of their dead children, in an attempt to sell them for scrap metal.

The culprits stole 80 plaques from the Altona Memorial Park in Melbourne’s west some time between Tuesday and Wednesday, police said.