Police are investigating a "hate-related" incident after poppy wreaths laid for ethnic minority servicemen and women were dumped on a bin.
Race Council Cymru said they were "shocked, horrified and distressed" following the incident in Cardiff on Wednesday.
On Thursday South Wales Police confirmed they are investigating and urged people with information to come forward.
The wreaths were initially laid at a plaque in the Welsh National War Memorial in Cathays Park. The plaque was unveiled in 2019 following a 26-year campaign by Patti Flynn, who lost her father and brothers in the Second World War.
On Twitter Race Council Cymru wrote: "We are shocked, horrified and distressed that our tributes to ethnic minority servicemen and women were picked up by someone and placed on the bin! Our Commonwealth veterans who we honour should be respected and this is not respect!"
An image of the wreaths shows several large poppy wreaths surrounding a bin with some also placed on top.
In a reply on Twitter a South Wales Police inspector said the matter has been reported and "at this time is being investigated as a hate related-incident".
Dozens of others have hit out at the incident, with leader of Cardiff council Huw Thomas branding it "utterly appalling".
He wrote: "I remember meeting the Butetown Elders a few years ago who wanted a fitting memorial, and remember their pride when the memorial was then unveiled.
"This is an insult to their community's sacrifice. We will try and salvage the wreaths, or else replace them."
On Twitter Welsh independence movement YesCymru said it was "absolutely shocking" and Chwarae Teg CEO Cerys Furlong branded it "disgusting".
Plaid Cymru Westminster leader Liz Saville-Roberts wrote: "This is shameful, disrespectful and divisive."
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on social media or 101 quoting reference number 2100022704.
