Could the Death Note be used to control people's names you know into killing people's names you don't know? For instance could Light have written "Soichiro Yagami will murder all the other members of the task-force before suffering a heart attack at 8:40 PM" If he could would this be a plot hole?
The lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of sheep.
No, it it is made clear that only the person who is named in the Death Note will die; their death can't be used to bring about the death of others.
shareIt is said at one point that such an instruction would cause the victim to simply die if a heart attack, the same consequence as impossible actions.
shareHe tested that the guy couldn't draw the face of somebody he has never seen before but forgot to test if he could get a name by coincidence. Like saying somebody will give a fake name when asked that just happens to be the same as a name he needs.
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