Bin Laden is dead
* U.S. embassies on alert over Al Qaeda reprisal attacks for bin Laden killing
* President announces that mission planning began in August
* Mr Obama declares 'Justice has been done'
* David Cameron says death is 'massive step forward'
* Terror chief blasted in head after refusing offer to surrender
* Three adults including bin Laden's son killed after forming human shield
* Body reportedly buried at sea to prevent extremist shrine
Osama Bin Laden has been killed by the U.S. military after a decade-long hunt to avenge the 9/11 attacks, President Barack Obama revealed today.
The 54-year-old leader of Al Qaeda was dramatically killed yesterday in a firefight with American special forces in a $1million mansion hideout around 60 miles north of Islamabad in Pakistan.
Experts used facial recognition techniques to identify the slain terrorist and performed DNA tests, the results of which will be available in the coming days.
U.S. officials have reportedly told broadcaster CNN that bin Laden's body has already been buried at sea in order to prevent the grave from becoming a shrine for extremists.
