ISLAMABAD: Two wives and four children of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden have
been taken into custody after he was killed by US special force’s commandos in
Abbottabad.
Two women and four children, described as bin Laden’s wives and offspring,
were taken away from the compound, local media reports said.
However, it was not immediately known under whose custody they are currently
in.
The operation by the elite Navy seals resulted in the death of bin Laden, one
of his sons, two suspected couriers and a woman who was being used as a human
shield.
Pakistani troops have sealed off the compound and blocked all roads leading
to it. Local residents said the compound was bought by a man they knew as Arshad
Khan, believed to be a resident of Charsadda in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa tribal
region.
A two-storey building was constructed in the compound in 2005 and those
living inside did not mingle with local residents of the area near
Abbottabad. Online
