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Vandals have caused several thousands of pounds worth of damage in a West Belfast park.

Parts of the outdoor gym in Falls Park were set alight on Friday night after trouble in the area recently led to buses being rerouted in the area.

Sinn Fein councillor Steven Corr told Belfast Live that he discovered the mess on Saturday morning.

He said: "I went to do the Park Run this morning and there was a stench of smoke and a smoldering mess where they'd pulled in stuff off the road and burnt it.

"There has to be kids coming home with smoky clothes or dirt on their hands and there has to be parental responsibility.

"You're talking thousands and thousands of pounds of damage to the park.

"Most young people just want to hang out, and I've no problem with that.

"But when they start wrecking the place and destroying things that we fight very hard to get into our area - it's not anti-social, it's anti-community.

"That outdoor gym has been there about two years and that stuff is specialised and will have to be ordered in. That part of the park will now be out of bounds and out of use for the local community for weeks if not months."