United States special forces killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, on May 2, 2011, during a daring raid on his compound in Pakistan.

Bin Laden had become the world’s most wanted man for the US and its allies who were waging the war against terrorism.

Early in 2010, US intelligence received a tip-off that Bin Laden was at a walled compound in the Pakistan city of Abbottabad, close to a major military training academy.

But in May 2011, US intelligence achieved a breakthrough in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. CIA agents discover he is living in a compound at Abbottabad, 60 km north of the Pakistani capital Islamabad.