Eden: It's an Endless World! - Vol. 9 Ch. 57 - Twelve Seconds (Kill The Poor)

[MangaDex]

 

[Goyal99Raj]

The sad part is they were all going to die anyway, so they get the could hope for is to get the public and media in their side. Using the hostages as meat shields destroys that hope (if they're recorded as doing so)