21st anniversary of 9/11: The mastermind of the attack is imprisoned in a Cuban prison for 19 years, trial not yet held

The terrorist attack on America's World Trade Center completed 21 years on Sunday. 2 thousand 977 people were killed in this terrorist attack. Even after two decades, the trial of the case against the mastermind of the attack, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has not been completed.

Sheikh Mohammed, who holds the rank of number three in Al Qaeda, was arrested in Rawalpindi, Pakistan in March 2003. He was then sent to the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center in Cuba. Since then he is imprisoned there, but efforts to bring him to justice have not been successful so far. His hearing before the Military Tribunal is getting postponed time and again.

Criticism of delay in getting justice

The failure of the US government to bring justice to the families of the victims is being condemned. David Kelly, a former US lawyer on the panel set up to investigate the attack, said - this is a tragedy for the families of the victims. It is like a stain on the history of the country.

The US killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011 and then-turned-politician Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in August this year.

The fire kept burning for 3 months

On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial planes. Two of these planes collided with the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center. At the same time, the third plane crashed at the Pentagon. In this attack, 2 thousand 977 people from 93 countries were killed. The attack was carried out by al-Qaeda. The fourth plane crashed at a farm in Shanksville.

The horrific terrorist attack destroyed not only both the towers of the WTC but also many nearby buildings. The fire was so severe that the fire kept burning in the rubble of the Twin Tower for 3 months.

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