MILITARY JUDGE SUPPRESSES KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED’S FBI CONFESSION IN 9/11 CASE. (PHOTO).
Military judge suppresses Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s FBI confession in 9/11 case A military judge has excluded a confession that alleged Sept. 11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave to FBI agents nearly 20 years ago, ruling that the statements were not made voluntarily. The decision is a setback for the U.S. government's long-running effort to prosecute Mohammed, who is accused of helping develop the plot to hijack planes and crash them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Mohammed remains detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alongside other defendants awaiting trial. Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, the judge overseeing the case, scheduled a June 2028 trial for Mohammed and three other defendants earlier this week. In an order issued Friday that has not been made public, Schrama barred prosecutors from using statements Mohammed made during four days of FBI questioning at Guantanamo in January 2007. Mohammed had previously been captured and held by the CIA, where he was subjec...
One person was confirmed dead today as a fatal accident involving a 50 seater mass transit-bus belonging to Edo state government popularly called comrade bus.The victim is identified as a man but his name and where he is from,has not been disclosed.The accident occurred around 12:30pm today friday afternoon in Ekae community,located along Sapele road,in Oredo Local Government Area of the state.According to other sources,the victim and a woman,who was believed to be his wife,were waiting along the busy highway to board a vehicle to Warri,Delta state when the bus veered off the road and knocked him down,severing his head in the process.The woman was said to have narrowly escaped being hit by the vehicle,while some of the passengers on the vehicle were said to have sustained varying degrees of injury.''It looks like the brake failed because of the way the bus just hit the man and removed his head.The man died instantly but the woman was lucky to jump and escape''.His body was deposited at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital.
Comments
Post a Comment