British victims support death penalty in 9/11 case

Relatives of British victims of the September 11 terror attacks welcomed news that prosecutors will push for the death penalty in the New York trials of five alleged plotters.

Relatives of British victims of the September 11 terror attacks welcomed news that prosecutors will push for the death penalty in the New York trials of five alleged plotters.

But bereaved relatives in the United States questioned the decision to hold the trial of alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in a federal courtroom just blocks away from where the World Trade Centre once stood.

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