Images on social media showed smoke rising from the church buildings and people setting fire to furniture that had been dragged from them. The incident is being widely condemned on social media with the government taking note of the incident.
A Malaysia Airlines flight from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur on August 14 witnessed a disruptive incident that led to the arrest of a 45-year-old man, identified as Muhammad Arif Ali, who was later confirmed to be a former Pakistani model and actor.