Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1031724-20161117042801/@comment-27020644-20161117155738

The Sokovia Accords came out of both Avengers: Age of Ultron and the beggining of Captain America: Civil War, so it wasn't just the deaths in Lagos.

Also, the World Security Council blowing up New York was a move by Hydra. They weren't concerned about saving the civilians, they wanted to kill the Avengers as they were threats to Hydra.