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A uni student who was wrongly named by Channel Seven as the man who killed six people at a Bondi Junction shopping centre on Saturday is suing the network.
Benjamin Cohen, a student at the University of Technology Sydney, wants an apology, compensation and costs for harm after he was falsely named as the knife-wielding murderer.
The actual killer was Queenslander Joel Cauchi, 40, but Mr Cohen, 20, was named as the attacker in several Channel Seven broadcasts.
Sunrise presenter Matt Shirvington said on Weekend Sunrise at 6.05am on Sunday that the killer was '40-year-old Benjamin Cohen, dressed in a Kangaroos ARL jersey'.
Shortly after, hosts Monique Wright and Michael Usher spoke with reporter Lucy McLeod who also wrongly named Mr Cohen.
Benjamin Cohen (pictured) wants an apology, compensation and costs for harm after he was falsely named as the knife-wielding Bondi Junction murderer
'The attacker, 40-year-old Benjamin Cohen, is known to police,' she said. 'His motives are not yet known, he was working on his own.'
Mr Cohen was falsely named as the killer on social media within hours of the mass murders in the eastern Sydney suburb on Saturday
