Alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks to go on trial in June 2028 in US

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, is set to go on trial in June 2028. According to reports, a US Air Force judge has ordered Mohammed and three co-defendants - Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak bin Atash, Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, and Ali Abdul Aziz Ali - to face trial before a military tribunal starting on June 5, 2028.

Mohammed was captured in Pakistan in March 2003 and was later imprisoned in secret CIA facilities for three years before being transferred to the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2006, as per the Malay Mail.

The trial-scheduling order marks a milestone in a military prosecution that has been beset by two decades of legal deadlock. Last month, a US appeals court refused to allow Mohammed and two of his co-defendants to plead guilty under agreements that would have spared them the death penalty, the New Straits Times reported.

Brief written by urgent.news from Malay Mail, New Straits Times — 2 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.