Man wrongly linked to Parnell St stabbings to take legal action against Gript website

The Gript website and its editor, John McGuirk, face legal action taken by Abdelhafid Bensaada. File picture: Niall Carson/PA

A man who was wrongly linked on social media to the Parnell Square attacks in Dublin last November is taking legal action against the online publication Gript and its editor, John McGuirk.

Three young children and a teacher were stabbed outside a school on Parnell Square on November 23.