Who really shot bin Laden?
Who really shot bin Laden?
On May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was shot several times and killed at his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, by United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six).
Was bin Laden shot in the eye?
3:39 p.m. – Osama bin Laden is located on the third floor of the compound and is shot in the head, above the left eye. Sometime during the operation, three other men (including one of bin Laden’s sons) and a woman in the compound are also killed.
Did Pakistan know about Osama?
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) also helped smuggle al Qaeda militants into Afghanistan to fight NATO troops. According to the leaked files, in December 2009, the government of Tajikistan had told US-officials that many in Pakistan were aware of bin Laden’s whereabouts.