How Osama Bin Laden Was Killed

Osama Bin Laden Killed: How The Deadly US Raid Unfolded -- The Telegraph

Osama bin Laden was killed by a bullet fired by a United States Navy SEAL during a 40-minute helicopter assault on a fortified compound believed to have been purpose-built to hide the al-Qaeda leader.

Three other men were killed in what a senior Obama administration official described as "a surgical raid by a small team designed to minimise collateral damage".

These were believed to be two al-Qaeda couriers who lived at the compound, along with their families, and an adult son of bin Laden. A woman being used as a shield by one of the al-Qaeda men during the firefight was also killed and two other women wounded.

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