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Tanzania graveyard robbery: Grief in Morogoro as scrap metal thieves target crosses

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More than 250 graves have been targeted in one small section of the Kola Municipal Cemetery in Morogoro .

The crimes mostly happen at night when there is no security there are no cemetery workers around.

The criminals can earn somewhere between 700 and 870 Tanzanian shillings ($ 0.27-$0.34 ) per kilogram.

Pastor Steven Msigara from the Jesus Assembles of God in Morogoro has called for a united effort to educate the youth on the need to respect sacred places.

For relatives of those whose graves have been desecrated there is a feeling of frustration.

Ms Chumbi wants more money to be spent on security at the cemeteries.

VR Score

72

Informative language

67

Neutral language

45

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

42

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not offensive

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short-lived

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