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Summary Before retaliating, Osama had offered to surrender himself to the forces, British media reported.
US President Barack Obama said the US forces led a targeted operation that killed bin Laden in a compound in Abbotabad. No Americans were killed in the operation and they took care to avoid civilian casualties, he said.A senior administration official said it was believed that three adults besides bin Laden were killed, including an adult son of bin Laden.His two wives, six children and four other men were also arrested during the operation.Four helicopters took part in the operation and one of them was shot down by the men in the compound.The US forces took custody of Bin Ladens body and DNA testing confirmed his identity.According to the British media, before retaliating, Osama had offered to hand himself to the forces.Bin Ladens death ended the worlds most widely-watched manhunt.During his life, he dodged US intelligence and NATO forces many times but his luck finally ran out in the early hours of Monday, May 02, 2011, nearly ten years after the world-changing attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.
