Because most or the bodies were charred above the waist, but were intact below the waist, and the bodies were all found with the arms wrapped protectively around their heads, relatives suspected that the victims had been crowded into the hold and then murdered with a flamethrower, or doused with gasoline and set afire.
△由於大部分屍體上半身焦黑，下半身仍保持完整，且屍體都呈雙手抱住頭形狀，家屬懷疑是罹難者遭人趕下船艙後，再被噴槍噴燒，或被油澆淋後放火所致。