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On February 25, 2023, at 21:17 Telamon Sea Time, an unidentified arsonist but known to be affiliated with the Anti Lisa Army committed arson in the first Lisaism church, located somewhere in the Robloxian Midwest. With a flamethrower, the arsonist combusted the church of Lisaism before the arsonist fled the scene of the crime covered by the militia crowd. While no robloxians were killed, 13 were injured by various degrees of burns, including the president and priest of the church Tanya and Lisa Gaming herself. This was one of the deadliest attacks on Lisaism. Fires as a result of the church's combustion also affected nearby buildings and vehicles, causing vehicles to explode as if they were firebombed. Prior to the arsonist attack, the church was raided on 20:48 Telamon Sea Time by the militia, who used an lockpick to break into the door of the church and occupy the remaining seats on the remaining church chairs.
The incident was examined as a domestic terrorism attack. The fact that the arsonist and the raiders used vehicles belonging to the Robloxia Army as transportation to and from the Lisaism church resulted in law enforcement, both experienced and unexperienced, unable to do anything to stop the vehicles, including spike stripping them. However, law enforcement was chastised for not calling the Robloxian Armed Forces, arguing that the Robloxian Armed Forces can only be deployed in times of national state of emergency, and the president of Robloxia at that time, David Builderman Baszucki, did not issue one. Because of this, law enforcement had to briefly collaborate with the Robloxia Army to develop a spike strip that would allow it to successfully spike strip military ground vehicles.
Eventually, the National Agency of Intelligence (NAI), posing as a national bureau of investigation, got chastised for calling off the investigation after they were unable to find even one piece of personally identifiable information about the suspects. However, it was known by the NAI that the raid was planned back on November 21-22, 2021, but was scrapped on February 13, 2022, coinciding with the fact the rules of the church of Lisaism changed so that all Lisaism church ceremonies had to be held in locked doors. The suspects had previously made warnings to Lisaism believers, even threatening them with one of their signature catchphrase-like threats, "lisa gaming removed my home so I will remove her church" all the way back when the raid was planned, in which the NAI believed that the suspects already reached a breaking point on the first day but had the mitigated gall to calm down.
Background:
Prior to the attack of Lisaism church, the country of Robloxia was seeing a surge in Lisaismophobia, especially after the July 16, 2021 Topia Metro Arsonist Attack and the fact law enforcement officers suspected that the arsonist was affiliated with Lisaism as he was wearing a green vest and also was armed with a pistol, as well as the fact the arsonist frequents arsonist attacks on the Topia Metro, reaching a daily frequency. Religious discrimination against Lisaists at that time took mostly in the form of harassment and denial of opportunities at that time. Their traditional faiths were being suppressed by hostile workplace environments (refusing to accommodate reasonable and non-disruptive time-offs for holidays and prayer breaks), denial of employment (including refusal to be hired, fired, restricting job duties, and denying customer contact) and unequal access to services, as well as being the subject of offensive jokes and intimidation. They were reported to have being actively marginalized as they were asked to leave restaurants, businesses, public facilities, housing, and even places of education. Lisaismophobes would call them religious slurs.
The Robloxian government responded to the increase in discrimination of religion, arguing that it is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which protects employees from discrimination and harassment based on religion (for businesses with 15 or more employees), as well as a violation of the Robloxian constitution and has made plans while collaborating with robloxian relations and legal authorities to deport Robloxians who discriminate or harass Lisaists.
Eventually, extremism against Lisaists began with the explosive growth of the numbers enlisted in the Anti Lisa Armies Militia (ALA) Militia, an extremist group headquartered in Robloxia and operating predominantly in Midwestern Robloxia, Bloxanada, and to a lesser extent in Northeastern Robloxia. The explosive growth was largely attributed to robloxian publicity. Many of the militia's members carried out certain attacks and protests against Lisaism, in an effort to create what they codenamed as a wave of change. Several ALA members would also begin to convert Lisaists back to their original religions. On November 21, 2021, it is estimated that as many as 10,000 Robloxians had registered on the militia itself. ALA would find popularity especially in decaying industrial urban centers, although the group would ultimately find its largest following in the city it was founded and headquartered in.
Prior to Attack:
On 20:48 on November 21, 2021, the ALA Militia hired a spy to spy on the first church of Lisaism. On 21:17, the spy returned to the ranks of the ALA Militia to suggest a plan to raid the first Lisaism church. The next day, at 08:00, the ALA Militia's four-star general said no raid is complete without a fire, hinting that the first Lisaism church should be lit on fire as a major part of an arsonist attack. The raid was still being planned when on February 13, 2022, the plan had been shelved due to the fact the rules of the church of Lisaism had changed, and the church now operates its ceremonies on locked doors, penalizing any spies from infiltrating the entire ceremony.
Later, on February 24, 2023, which was one day prior to the event, two robloxians left the militia during the daytime due to unknown reasons, presumably due to impatience on when the plan will be carried out. The militia revealed that the two robloxians (the robloxian and a spy) that they had the plan almost completed with an estimated time of delivery to be tomorrow, but the two robloxians were adamant on their decision, confusing the militia before the four-star general said that the night before the event, they will act very harshly to Lisaists and will frequently get into armed force combat with several of them.
The Hunting of Lisaists
That night, several Lisaists were summoned to the front door of their homes and informed them that they had not been picked by Lisa Gaming, Lisa Gaming will no longer help the robloxian, and demanded that they must not return to Lisaism. One Lisaist was reported to have tackled one Anti Lisa Army soldier in response to hearing the words, before saying, "You will see me. On the first church of Lisaism. On the church chairs tomorrow,", but that Lisaist would not be seen on the church chairs tomorrow because that Lisaist would be headshot by a military grade assault rifle before being derisively mocked, saying "You will see yourself on Lisa Gaming's hell tomorrow". A nearby Lisaist was reported to have seen this and thought whether or not to hire themselves as a guard of the first church of Lisaism before declining the offer to be the guard.
Attack Synopsis:
On the night of February 25, 2023, the raiders sent a message to themselves that was intercepted by a mobile data terminal claiming that "Anti Lisa Army is done with Lisaism" and that "since lisa gaming removed our homes, it is time for anti lisa army to remove the churches." The raiders then left their homes, got into their military vehicles, and proceeded to the First Church of Lisaism, with the arsonist equipped with a flamethrower, lockpicks, and flammable fuels for his flamethrower. At around 20:47, most of the raider's military vehicles were parked, but the arsonist's military vehicle was illegally parked as it was near the locked front entrance door. The arsonist left the vehicle and proceeded to lockpick the door. After a minute of lockpicking, the door was successfully unlocked, and the arsonist propped the door open, welcoming the raiders in which they occupied any remaining seats on the church chairs before unpropping and closing the door. The arsonist would wait for the declaration of faith ceremony to occur.
Lisaist individuals described the raiders as Robloxian Army soldiers, since they wore battle eye protection, a head protection system, and was protected by his extensive gear, including a helmet.
The following was recorded by security cameras on the church at around 21:17:
[Tanya]:We have been awaiting you. [?]: Who are you? [Tanya]: I'm Tanya...the president and priest of the church of Lisaism. [?]: Why do you want me? [Tanya]: Our goddess Lisa tells us who to pick and then she will help you. [?]: What do I have to do to be apart of your religion? [Tanya]: Sell your soul to lisa and lisaism... She will make ur wish come true......
Soon after, the believers in the church saw a flammable liquid being spewed out in the floor of the church as they were preparing to steal the non-Lisaist's soul before a flame burst out of the flamethrower, combusting the flammable liquid and triggering the church's fire alarm. At this moment, the raiders broke eight framed windows and fled unscathed. Meanwhile, the individuals in the church attempted to flee, but due to the hazardous situation, they were forced to step on the broken shards of what used to framed windows while their bodies caught on fire. Later, a police station was alerted on 21:20 of an active arsonist at a church.
Police officers had reported that the arsonist and the raiders were driving military vehicles in an attempt to evade being observed and killed. Unfortunately, this was when the terrorist attack started to go off its guardrails. The vehicles started strolling toward the reporting police officers at about 21:23. The police station officers looked out the framed windows to see a convoy of military vehicles with robloxians inside. They were partially chastised for being apathetic to the situation initially before they were praised for calling for backup immediately. Driving behind the barricades, the military vehicles noticed that a police officer was about to exit the station when the leading tank opened fire by firing a tank shell with its tank cannon; as the high-caliber projectile pierced through the framed window of the police station, it broke the glass of the framed window and effectively demolished the entire police station. The other police officers sheltered in police vehicles responded promptly to the demolition, but the leading tank switched their cannon with their assault gun, using it to fire one explosive shell with a ignited fuse at the police vehicle, exploding it with three police officers inside as if it were firebombed. A bunch of police officers sprunt out of their vehicles and began shooting at the military vehicles with their P2000 pistols, but it was ineffective since the military vehicles were even more protective against law enforcement weapons, so the leading tank began to alternate between using its assault gun and cannon as it fired at its law enforcement vehicles, drivers, and passengers. Nearby drivers panicked and began driving away from the church of Lisaism. While attempting to flee from the terrorist, one of the drivers collided their automobile with an police officer, wounding him. For a few seconds, the leading tank fired both non-explosive and explosive shells at the police vehicles. One robloxian was reported to have yelled, "LISAISM IS A RELIGION!". Meanwhile, an explosive shell was accidentally fired at a truck storing barrels of gasoline, exploding the truck and numerous numbers of nearby automobiles.
Because of the hysteria, the sheriff's office of the county decided to issue a Civil Danger Warning for the entire property of the Church of Lisaism within a two mile radius.
000 WOUS43 KGID 110452 CDWGID NEC001-110552- BULLETIN - REAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED CIVIL DANGER WARNING UNKNOWN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE RELAYED BY ROBLOXIA WEATHER SERVICE 0923 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2023 ...ACTIVE HYSTERIA IN PROGRESS... THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE SHERIFF OFFICE. THERE IS AN ACTIVE HYSTERIA CURRENTLY IN THE FIRST CHURCH OF LISAISM. PLEASE -GLASS OF THE FRAMED WINDOW BREAKS- -STATIC- $$
However, before the shelter in place ordinance could be transmitted, the sheriff office's framed window would be hit by an non-explosive high-caliber shell; as it pierced through the framed window of the police station, it broke the glass of the framed window and effectively demolished the entire sheriff station, causing the entire transmission to fade to static after the sentence "THERE IS AN ACTIVE HYSTERIA CURRENTLY IN THE FIRST CHURCH OF LISAISM." was spoken out loud and the sound of a framed window breaking can be heard. Due to this incident, many robloxians falsely assumed that there was no shelter in place ordinance in effect, causing doors and windows to remain locked or unlocked throughout the entire hysteria event.
At 21:25, numerous police officers reported a need for backup from other adjacent police stations to respond on the site. As the Anti Lisa Army was busy battling with Lisaists, the militia noticed a law enforcement cruiser approaching and had its leading tank fire an explosive armor piercing round at it, piercing the armor of the law enforcement vehicle with one police officer driver and one police officer passenger inside and exploding it. The car, now exploded with its armor entirely pierced and swerving uncontrollably towards one side, swerved to the driver's right but was unable to avoid a collision with another truck shipping barrels of gasoline, causing the truck's gasoline barrel payload to combust and ultimately detonate. With really black smoke filling the windshield screens of other adjacent police station vehicles due to the two subsequently consecutive incendiary explosions, the adjacent police station vehicles were unable to discern the suspect's vehicle from many other robloxian vehicles on the road. Due to the blinding of the police officer vehicles, nobody noticed that the tanks were moving at 25 studs per second (15.66 miles per hour) until they heard the sound of its engine. When the sound of the tank engine was heard, the adjacent police station vehicles took note and activated the emergency sirens on top of their vehicles, getting ready to pursue the army. At this point, the tanks started to accelerate, heading towards a police station on the right side of the road while destroying any police station vehicles obstructing their path. Those tanks would outrun the police station vehicles, getting to there first. [NOTE FROM STARBASIS CORPORATION INTELLIGENCE AGENT: Why there were a sudden influx of gasoline carrying trucks is unknown, giving the sense that the trucks were also planned by the Anti-Lisas.]
The tanks would then start to swerve to the right as soon as the police station was able to discerned from adjacent buildings, and would effectively pull over despite being on the rightmost lane, allowing it to cross the sidewalk on the rightmost side of the road, effectively ramming itself into the main entrance of the building and destroying the offices of the police officers on the first floors, even the chairs where they hid. Meanwhile, the police station vehicles would park nearby. As more tanks rammed to the police station, the police station started to lose its structural integrity and the entire building collapsed after all the tanks drove past it, making a similarly large sized on hole on the back door, and moving on to a more northern road. Most police station vehicles were damaged from the rubble that was spewed from the collapse as debris was violently ejected and thrown onto the bodies of the vehicles.
The leading tank then proceeded to backfire, firing a explosive tank round at a police cruiser with three police officers at it trying to chase it, spalling it entirely as the interior of the vehicle fragmented into many smaller pieces as the round exploded. A non-explosive tank round was then fired at the fragments of the vehicular interior, causing even more spalling to occur before the a tank crew member popped out of the window and tossed an explosive, spalling the vehicle for the third time. Meanwhile, twelve police officers with MAC-10 machine pistols arrived outside of their police station and got ready to shot the leading tank, but the law enforcement forgot that the leading tank was resistant to machine pistol bullet projectiles. They concealed, dashed back in, and demanded help arrive. The help request was intercepted by the army, which took that as a request to fire an armor piercing round on the police station where the officers were concealing, piercing its glass windows which later cumulated in the police station collapsing on top of them while they were still being concealed away. At 21:30, the peak of the entire attack occurred when a high-explosive round was fired at a police station, demolishing it entirely, sending debris flying, killing police officers stationed inside, and injuring armed bystanders with Nova-branded shotguns. All of them began firing their shotguns at them, prompting another high-explosive round to be fired, culminating in a second highly large explosion to be heard, killing the armed bystanders and the unarmed bystanders adjacent to them, along with injuring nearby unarmed bystanders and causing debris that was already loose by the first explosion to continue flying around. As additional armed bystanders arrived, the leading tank continued to speed past, colliding with a police vehicle with two passengers inside and crushed entirely as if it was metal parked near another police station. After making a hole on the bottom of the police station, the tank fired a non-explosive round on the police station's upper floors, collapsing the police station entirely.
Finally, it was time to spike strip the tank. The emergency response team had spike stripped many passenger and criminal vehicles before, so they believed that it would be easy. At 21:31, the emergency response team sighted the tank moving towards the spike strip and got ready to hear the sound of tires being popped and the vehicle to swerve uncontrollably and pull over. The tank moved towards the spike strip and surprisingly made it past with no indications of tires being popped but indications that the spikes on the strip were damaged and in some cases, entirely detached from the strip. Largely unsuccessful, the emergency response team of the county called off the entire emergency response operation, stating that the suspects were too advanced in evading emergency responders and law enforcement; therefore, the terrorist attack was widely believed to be over at 21:32 with no further aggressions, both microaggressions and macroaggressions, directed against law enforcement in particular.
Aftermath:
Lisaist Response
Following the terrorist attack, the following 13 injured robloxians were admitted to the city's hospital, where emergency medical technicians (EMTs) operated on them, due to suffering from various degrees of burns, with a narrow majority of robloxians having framed window glass shards on their feet or legs as they walked towards the new openings created by the broken framed windows.
- Big Mac Syd/sydesire (1st-degree burn)
- lillyadorexo (2nd-degree burn)
- tristcn (3rd-degree burn)
- Allisonfriend121 (1st-degree burn, shards on feet)
- Pradagamingroblox (2nd-degree burn, shards on feet)
- LarkTheTart_Two (3rd-degree burn, shards on feet)
- y2kheiress (1st-degree burn)
- Tanya (2nd-degree burn)
- xyfly (3rd-degree burn)
- MinnJonnji (1st-degree burn, shards on legs)
- IISxadie_Cupqxuakes (2nd-degree burn, shards on legs)
- MamiLonglegQueen (3rd-degree burn, shards on legs)
- Lisa Gaming (3rd-degree burn, shards on legs and feet).
Notably, Tanya, the president and priest of the first church of Lisaism, was informed due to the second-degree burn, she might need to spend the night in the hospital rather than being speedily discharged to allow the burn wounds to heal, effectively preventing her from performing her duties as president and priest. Meanwhile, Lisa Gaming, the authority in soul stealing of Lisaism, was informed that due to the third-degree burn and the presence of framed window glass shards on her legs and feet, she might also need to spend overnight at the hospital rather than speedily discharged to allow for the wounds to heal, effectively preventing her from performing her duties, such as soul stealing.
As a injured request at night, Tanya told Lisa Gaming that next time, Lisa Gaming should hire guards to guard the church just in case lockpicking on the church occurs again. Unfortunately, Lisa Gaming did not hire any guards, resulting in the church remaining unguarded. Despite the unguarded status of the church and amidst the decision to keep the church locked during ceremonies, there were no more terrorist attacks aimed at the first church of Lisaism in particular for a few years.
Later, both were reported by EMTs to be sound asleep at 23:00 on their hospital beds. They would awake on 08:00 the next day to their wounds fully healed and discharged. Immediately, the priority was to rebuild the church of Lisaism, as it had collapsed overnight. The new church was similar to the old church.
Law Enforcement Response
Law enforcement response was effectively crippled as a narrow majority of police stations were taken offline due to the infrastructural collapse of them, including the sheriff office of the county, which coordinated the responses to individual police stations in the county. The remaining police stations were astounded when bodycam footage at 21:31 depicted a military vehicle (a tank) somehow damaging a spike strip and causing its spikes to detach rather than the spike strip damaging the vehicle by popping its tires, swerving it uncontrollably, and pulling it over. There was a gall by some police officers who excelled in militant combat to inform the Robloxian Army of the "unprecedented spike strip bypass attempt", as it was called in a electronic letter sent to the Robloxian Army, also inviting them to a collaboration to develop a spike strip that would puncture the tires of tanks.
Despite this, the response was panned. Many robloxians surveyed believed that the law enforcement should have contacted the armed forces to deal with the situation after a spike strip had failed. In response, the law enforcement said that there presently was no national state of emergency declared within the county limits by the President of Robloxia, and therefore they felt like it would be unnecessarily excessive force to use the armed forces to fight crimes. Criticism still lingered in the response, but gradually faded over time.
It was also noted that the NAI response was also panned, but fewer criticism was directed at it. While it managed to perform an investigation to this domestic terrorist attack, they failed to identify anything personal that could distinguish the suspect from a general population, therefore, the investigation was mostly called off. Therefore, the NAI response was mixed, as critics pointed out that they could have looked at bodycam footage to identify appearances of the suspect, but supporters argued that the NAI did all it could do.
Suspect Response
The suspects later at 21:32 were happy to see Tanya and Lisa Gaming injured in the hospital, arguing that they will be unable to host their ceremonies of stealing souls, but later, they were informed that the Church of Lisaism would host another ceremony next week, meaning that the mission was unsuccessful. Disappointed by the lack of successes, the Anti Lisa Army made a difficult choice to dissolve and disband, resulting in all 9,998 members leaving the organization. Their military vehicle property, with all of its tanks and ground infantry vehicles, were then stored into a hidden safehouse garage in the Robloxian Midwest, surprisingly near the Central Robloxia state line, where it was later bought by ALPHA CHIPS on January 25, 2026. ALPHA CHIPS expressed intent to use those tanks and ground infantry vehicles to demolish political office buildings of Corporatist Party political officers as a part of a general future protest.