There can be no doubt that this was a false flag event, and that they are utilizing the old problem-reaction-solution formula. This much is painfully obvious. What's less obvious is whether it was a complete hoax or an event where people actually died...

The big question is: if it was a complete hoax and no one died, what happens with the people that they're saying were killed? In Sandy Hook, this wasn't a problem because the kids' identities were made up, and the school wasn't even operational. But in this case, it's a fully operational school with 3000+ students. It is easy to deceive the public, since people believe whatever the TV tells them. But the orchestrators would also be faced with the task of deceiving everyone who attends the school. Would they be able to get away with making up 17 fake identities without anyone saying anything? Probably not. So does that mean 17 real people would have to be "disappeared" somehow?

Someone help me out here. I'm not saying it definitely wasn't a hoax. I'm just having a hard time seeing how it would be feasible in this situation. If someone can make a plausible case for this being a hoax with no real casualties, I would be very interested to hear it.