Police have launched a probe after sickening graffiti was daubed on a memorial for stillborn babies at a Scots cemetery.
Vile messages were sprayed across Dunfermline Cemetery on Halbeath Road in Fife this morning.
A message saying '1 less rat' was written on a tribute at the Snowdrop Memorial Garden for stillborn and neonatal deaths, which read 'For All Our Babies Briefly Known Forever Loved'.
Below that the thug wrote 'Covid Hoax'.
On another memorial graffiti saying 'f*** you's' was daubed.
Further down in the graveyard the sick vandal wrote more anti-pandemic messages on gravestones including 'Reaction', and 'Covid Hoax' on another
Another gravestone, beside which flowers had been placed, was spray painted with 'Scum'.
Police confirmed the graffiti has now been removed and their enquiries are continuing.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 10.05 am on Saturday, 1 May, 2021, police were contacted with regard to a vandalism at a baby memorial within Dunfermline Cemetery, Halbeath Road, Dunfermline.
"Officers have attended and the graffiti has been removed.
"Enquiries, which are at a very early stage, are continuing."
Fife Council have been contacted for comment.
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