Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Guadalcanal Province arrested five men on 14 April 2019 following an alleged attack on a church building with rocks while people were praying inside at Makina Village in East Guadalcanal.
The report alleged that the five men arrested were drunk. It was alleged that they carried out the attack following frustrations over their losing candidate in the National General Election on 3 April 2019.