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| Osama bin Laden |
Osama is a main leader of Al- Qaeda. He is held responsible for the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11 2001, and the London bombings of July 7 2005, has been killed in a US operation in Pakistan.
Speaking from the White House, President Obama said: "Justice has been done."
A small team of Americans carried out the attack and took custody of bin Laden's remains, the president added.
An American official said bin Laden was killed in a mansion close to the Pakistani capital Islamabad.
Former President George W. Bush, who was in office at the time of the September 11 attacks and famously said he wanted Osama bin Laden dead or alive, has said the death of the al Qaeda leader was a "momentous If Osama is dead, it will be a turning point of the world.
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