9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to Face Death Penalty Trial in 2021: Report

Smoke pours from the twin towers of the World Trade Center after they were hit by two hijacked airliners in a terrorist attack in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Robert Giroux/Getty Images

A death penalty trial was established for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men involved in the planning of Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C.

Colonel W. Shane Cohen of the U.S. Air Force announced on Aug. 30 that the trial was set for Jan. 11, 2021, and it will take place at Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.