It's possible, and I wouldn't blame them if that's their reason. My issue with that is that they then didn't take the death threats seriously, and still put som

It's possible, and I wouldn't blame them if that's their reason. My issue with that is that they then didn't take the death threats seriously, and still put some tacit blame on the local administration. So they willingly risked their employees lives, and after someone got killed they protect their own neck but still sort of hint their employees will continue the actions.