Whether or not you like it, these persons died because God chose to have them die by this demonic means. God could have denied this death, but God, according to His good purpose, allowed evil to do it's wicked work.
No, it is not a "but God allowed".
You posted it is not an either or, except you used the word "but", yourself.
But: used to introduce a phrase or clause
contrasting with what has already been mentioned.
You contrasted your own point. That is an either or. You should have used the word "and".
And you really have no clue on why this event even happened. There was no post sent down from heaven on the matter as to the specifics of why it happened. All you are doing is reading the headlines and then putting that headline into your Scriptural context. Reminds me of Job's 3 "friends" who came to condemn him.
Did Job's 3 friends use Scripture to condemn Job?
Pretty sure the only thing we can know is:
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
Or you can use Scripture as a speculation device.
What confuses logic is that some point out that since God did not step in like a superhero, that instead means God Himself did the act.
Sorry, but not being a superhero does not then mean you are a super villain. That is the speculation of your logic, that God is both at the same time, and woe to them when God puts on His super villain mode.
That is how many interpret the book of Job. That would be their own private interpretation. And this interpretation contradicts other Scripture, that then is justified or changed to fit one's private interpretation.
Yes God planted the tree in the Garden. Yes God allowed Satan to interfere in the Garden. No, God did not force Adam to eat and disobey God. God was not the one who ate the fruit as an act of super villainy. Which you claim God is the one who did it, on the mere fact He did not stop Adam from eating it. God forced Adam to eat when God put on His super villain hat. According to you God did both: forced Adam to disobey, and never stepped in and prevented Adam from disobeying.
That is me putting your speculation into Scripture. Since you claim God acts in every case, then Adam and Eve is no exception to your own rule. I am just going by your point that God does that which is good and evil at the same time.
God does allow evil to happen, we have nearly 6,000 years of proof. That is not the point in question. Why do you think God is also the instigator of evil, and purposely does evil to make good out of evil?
That is not what the verse says:
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
Even though evil happens, God will be working to the good of those who love Him. One could also speculate that God limited evil, and it could have been worse. Job's children literally died. Not every child on earth died. But to say that God did it is just plain nonsense.