Graves of McLaren founder Bruce and his family was vandalised in a shocking incident in New Zealand

Bruce McLaren and his wife, Patricia McLaren's graves were one of the targets in the vandalism act in New Zealand. As per reports, the graves of the family of the late founder have been vandalised at Waikumete Cemetery, situated in Auckland, New Zealand.

Images surfaced on social media showed that the graves of Mr. Bruce, his wife, and other family members, such as his parents, sister, and brother-in-law, have also been vandalized and were painted with gold paint. The efforts to restore the graves are already in place.

It was first reported on September 30 by George Stewart-Dalzell of Grave Guardians. Stewart-Dalzell is involved with the aforementioned organizations that restores and repairs head stones of the graves. Condemning the incident, the Bruce McLaren Trust shared a statement. Here's what they wrote:

"It is with dismay that we need to inform our followers that the graves of Bruce, Patty, Ruth, and Pop at Waikumete Cemetery in Auckland have recently been vandalised. They have been sprayed with gold paint and had toy cars stuck onto them. We are lost for words as to why anyone would do this." "A very kind offer has been made by The Grave Guardians, a voluntary organisation that restores headstones to repair the damage, for which we are extremely grateful. While this work is being undertaken, the stones are wrapped and unable to be viewed," the statement further read.

Bruce McLaren is the founder of McLaren, a renowned F1 team and an automobile giant. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Besides this, he was also an F1 driver, and went on to race in the most premier form of Motorsports.

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Edited by Sabyasachi Biswas