Osama bin Laden killed by US forces
Monday May 02 2011
Bin Laden's death at a compound in Pakistan ended the world's most widely-watched manhunt.
Jubilant crowds gathered outside the White House in Washington and at ground zero in New York as word spread late on Sunday night.
"Justice has been done," the US president said in a televised statement.
A small team of Americans killed bin Laden in the town of Abbottabad, about 60 miles north of the capital Islamabad. The team took custody of his remains and American officials said they were being handled in accordance with Islamic tradition.
Three men were also killed in the helicopter raid, including one of bin Laden's sons, whom officials did not name. One of bin Laden's sons, Hamza, is a senior member of al Qaida.
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