On May 2nd, 2011 Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces during a raid on the compound he was hiding out in, in Pakistan.
Bin Laden was the leader of AL Qaeda, the terrorist network of Islamic extremists responsible for the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
Twenty three U.S. Navy SEALs in two Black Hawk helicopters descended on the compound in Abbottabad at 1am local time.
In the 40 minute raid, five people, including bin Laden and one of his adult sons, were killed by U.S. gunfire.
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