Washington, May 2 (IBNS): The world's most sought after terrorist and the chief of militant organisation al Qaeda Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan and U.S. authorities had recovered his body, U.S. President Barack Obama said.
The terror chief who has been at the centre of U.S. counterterrorism activities since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pengatagon, was killed in Abbottabad, about 150 km from Pakistani capital Islamabad.
Reports said that Saudi-born bin Laden was killed not in a drone attack but a ground operation and U.S. authorities have recovered his body.
President Barack Obama announced the death of the bin Laden, a major accomplishment for his administration for having completed the goal set out by his predecessor George W Bush.
"Justice has been done," said Obama, adding that Osama was not an Muslim leader.
Jubilation broke out in the United States after the news trickled in. But apprehension over the fallout from bin Laden's death are also doing rounds as days ago, his group al Qaeda had promised a "nuclear hell" if the terror chief was killed.
The terror chief who has been at the centre of U.S. counterterrorism activities since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pengatagon, was killed in Abbottabad, about 150 km from Pakistani capital Islamabad.
Reports said that Saudi-born bin Laden was killed not in a drone attack but a ground operation and U.S. authorities have recovered his body.
President Barack Obama announced the death of the bin Laden, a major accomplishment for his administration for having completed the goal set out by his predecessor George W Bush.
"Justice has been done," said Obama, adding that Osama was not an Muslim leader.
Jubilation broke out in the United States after the news trickled in. But apprehension over the fallout from bin Laden's death are also doing rounds as days ago, his group al Qaeda had promised a "nuclear hell" if the terror chief was killed.
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