Trial of accused mastermind of 9/11 attacks set for 2028
A US Air Force judge ordered Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US, and three co-defendants to go on trial before a military tribunal in June 2028.
A US Air Force judge has set a trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, and three co-defendants in a military tribunal, according to a recent order by Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schrama. The trial is scheduled to begin on June 5, 2028, marking a milestone in the lengthy legal proceedings involving the four detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Last month, a US appeals court denied Mohammed and two of his co-defendants the opportunity to plead guilty under agreements that would have spared them the death penalty, reversing previous decisions. The agreement had been offered last year and accepted by an official overseeing the Pentagon's Guantanamo war court, but was later revoked by then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin due to Republican criticism.
Mohammed, the most recognizable detainee at Guantanamo, is charged with orchestrating the September 11, 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
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