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2024-04-14 07:38:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0989517449DE5FE25A10162CA24DFEA1D3CA29F65C0919A523DB814E0C367EF2
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The attacker has been identified by police as Joel Cauchi, not Benjamin Cohen. https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/14/joel-cauchi-named-as-bondi-westfield-attacker-who-stabbed-shoppers Further, the attacker was shot and killed on the scene, while Benjamin Cohen is evidently alive, having issued a statement on social media, indicating that Cohen could not have been the attacker: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5udEyuS5kj/?igsh=MnJzN2J0cTU1bXNj
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