On January 27, a man set a fire outside of the church in a bin before going inside the church and trying to set the altar on fire. He also attempted to set fire to a chair. He was quickly stopped by parishioners before the police came and arrested him.
A 20 year-old homeless man, usually seen begging around the Saint Amand church in Bordeaux-Caudéran, decided to set fire to a bin outside of the church. Before then entering the church setting fire to a liturgical cloth placed on the altar, then attempting to set a prayer chair on fire. This is when he was stopped by parishioners who very quickly brought the fire under control. He was then arrested, and plead guilty on January 29th.