Reuters has released three photos of unidentified man seen after a raid by US Navy Seal commandos on the compound where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad. The photos were taken by a Pakistani official an hour after the raid on the compound where Osama was killed. The official sold the photos to Reuters for an undisclosed amount.
President Barack Obama has decided not to release any photos showing Osama bin Laden’s death. Obama stated that “We don’t trot this stuff out as trophies”.
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The death of Osama bin Laden has made worldwide headlines and everyone is looking for the death photo. Bin Laden was shot in the left eye by U.S. forces inside a mansion in Abbottabad, which is just 200 meters from the Pakistan Military Academy.
STORY: Osama Bin Laden Is Dead (PHOTOS)
Yesterday Pakistani TV released a photo of Osama’s corpse, but it was a fake. Now the White House has released the official death photo of Osama bin Laden. Yesterday “Bin Laden death photo” was a hot search on google and across the world.
STORY: Party At The White House! Americans Celebrate Osama Bin Laden’s Death
The fake photo showed a bloodied image of a man that looks like Bin Laden with scruffy hair and a half-opened eye. It has been circulating on the Internet since the news broke of his death. The photo made the front pages of all major publications—the Mail, Times, Telegraph, Sun and Mirror.
