Vandals destroy 30,000-year-old Aboriginal rock art

Vandals have destroyed rock art believed to be some 30,000 years old, Australian authorities have said (Auscape International Pty Ltd/Alamy/PA)

Vandals have destroyed rock art believed to be some 30,000 years old, Australian authorities have said.

Intruders appear to have removed parts of a barbed wire fence at Koonalda Cave and got underneath, before using their fingers to draw over the top of the indigenous artwork, said Kyam Maher, Aboriginal affairs minister for South Australia state.