Sure, that's possible. The media loves to have a villain, and snakes are perfect for that, in the view of the public.
I just did another quick search, and on the 7th, the reports were that they were still investigating what happened, and haven't gotten the full report back yet.
My issue was with the link posted above, that isn't current, as of today , the 15th. No need to post links from a week ago , IMO.