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Accused 9/11 ‘mastermind’ to stand trial in 2028

The self-proclaimed and accused “mastermind” of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center is scheduled to stand trial in 2028, according to an order issued Wednesday.

· 162 words· updated August 26, 2026 at 08:46 PM
FILE – This Saturday March 1, 2003, photo obtained by The Associated Press shows Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under consideration to bring an end to their more than decadelong prosecution, the Pentagon and FBI have advised families of some of the thousands killed. (AP Photo)
FILE – This Saturday March 1, 2003, photo obtained by The Associated Press shows Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under consideration to bring an end to their more than decadelong prosecution, the Pentagon and FBI have advised families of some of the thousands killed. (AP Photo)

NEW YORK ( WPIX ) — The self-proclaimed and accused “mastermind” of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center is scheduled to stand trial in 2028, according to an order issued Wednesday.

Lt. Col. Michael Schrama issued the order after prosecutors had requested Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s trial begin in January 2027 at the U.S. Navy Base in Guantánamo Bay , Cuba.

Schrama ruled that request to be “incompatible” with trial conduct order and that a more “realistic” trial date would be June 5, 2028.

That is when assembly, challenges and empanelment will commence. Opening statements will come 30 days after members are empaneled.

Mohammed is being prosecuted alongside two others, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, accused in the plot that led to nearly 3,000 deaths in New York, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon that day.

The case began in 2012 when Mohammed and the others were arraigned. Schrama is the fifth judge to serve on the case.

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