Top News

Five 9/11 accused get May 5 Guantanamo court date

Published Updated

WASHINGTON: The alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks and his four accused co-plotters will be formally arraigned by a military tribunal on May 5 at Guantanamo Bay, US officials said Tuesday.

Military judge James Pohl has fixed the date for the hearing on Saturday, May 5, and it will start at 9:00 am local time, the Pentagon said in a statement. Lawyers for the five could still ask for the hearing to be delayed.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012