Fans express rage as EXO members get attacked by laser pointers during concert

EXO members were seen getting attacked by laser pointers during a concert.

On August 11, many fan-taken footage from EXO's concert in Macau spread across the Internet. In the contents, EXO members were seen with laser marks on their face and forehead, causing great fury among onlookers. Since they could potentially harm the human eye, laser pens pointed at any body figure would be considered extremely dangerous.

I don't know who are you (who's pointing his/her laser(?) at sehun), but WTF! leave my boys alone! pic.twitter.com/XqErKtYEQv
— This 'ㅅ' is me, right? (@exosmochi) August 10, 2018

180811 [TRENDS] "#SM_소속가수_보호해" (SM protect your singer/artist) currently at #3 Twitter Trend in Korea because of #TheElyXiOn_dot⁠ ⁠ incident where laser pens were seen being pointed at #EXO⁠ ⁠

Please take the members' safety seriously. They're very precious to us! pic.twitter.com/FiI2pEVKsw
— INTEXOLTEAM (@intexolteam) August 10, 2018

After seeing the happenings, fans quickly began trending the hashtag '#SM_Protect_Your_Singers', indicating that poor security management could ultimately hurt the boys. In addition, many fans found other photos, where the members were allegedly protecting their own eyes. The size of the laser pen also became an issue; one fan commented that it was "as big as a 500 won coin".

Fans spotted atleast 2 people with the laser pens?? They pointed it towards members that were near to their area. What kind of a sick joke is this..it can bring big damage to their eyes 아니시발진짜레이저쏜거야?미친건가 존나오바야눈에잘못쏘면실명되는거 아녜요?#ElyXiOndotinMacao pic.twitter.com/LTTlKtDFRD
— 갓종인♡ [국가픽 엑소] (@dyo_00) August 10, 2018

IT HURTS ME THAT I CAN'T ANYTHING TO PROTECT MY BOYS SM YOU BETTER TAKE SOME ACTION. #SM_소속가수_보호해 pic.twitter.com/7xL4BrxyL6
— designer byun (@EKSOCHONDRIA) August 11, 2018

More comments from fans included:

"Imagine buying tickets for a concert (they'd have to be pretty good, expensive ones), buying a laser pen, travelling all the way to the concert and back - going through all of this effort for a group they supposedly 'hate' just to do this??" "sick in the head. hope sm and the coordinators could protect them more" "why the hell would anyone pay good money for concert tickets just to do something like this?! Pity Security didn't catch them."

Later, it was reported that the organizers of the concert announced a stricter rule on security, with only official items allowed inside the venue.

LoveLive's Announcement

-Only Eribong is allowed into the venue
-Security will be stricter
-If anyone is found bringing in things that are not allowed, the staff has the rights to confiscate it #EXO #EXOPLANET #ElyXiOndotinMacao @weareoneEXO pic.twitter.com/R5AMWPaC2z
— ' 토끼왕 ^ 우리 SH2O ' (@BUNNYMYE0N) August 10, 2018