Osama's Lair: A villa behind the wire Pakistani media personnel and local residents gather outside the hideout of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden following his death by US Special Forces in a ground operation in Abbottabad. The bullet-riddled Pakistani villa that hid Osama bin Laden from the world was put under police control, as media sought to glimpse the debris left by the US raid that killed him. Bin Laden's hideout had been kept under tight army control after the dramatic raid by US special forces late May 1, 2011 in the affluent suburbs of Abbottabad, a garrison city 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Islamabad. (AFP) Surrounded in red fabric, a compound is seen where locals reported a firefight took place overnight in Abbotabad, located in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, May 2, 2011. (REUTERS) A Pakistani soldier and policemen stand near a compound, where locals reported a firefight took place overnight in Abbotabad, located in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, May 2, 2011. (REUTERS) Surrounded by red fabric, a compound is seen where locals reported a firefight took place overnight in Abbotabad, located in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, May 2, 2011. (REUTERS) A frame grab obtained from the interior in the mansion where Osama Bin Laden was killed. (REUTERS) A frame grab obtained from ABC News shows the interior bedroom in the mansion where Osama Bin Laden was killed. (REUTERS) The compound, within which al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed, is seen in flames after it was attacked in Abbottabad in this still image taken from video footage from a mobile phone, May 2, 2011. (REUTERS) Soldiers escort covered debris as it is moved out by military vehicles from the compound within which al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed, in Abbottabad, May 2, 2011. (REUTERS) Part of a damaged helicopter is seen lying near the compound where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, May 2, 2011. (REUTERS) A frame grab obtained from ABC News shows the interior in the mansion where Osama Bin Laden was killed. (REUTERS) Soldiers patrol the city of Abbotabad in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, May 2, 2011. (REUTERS) Pakistani soldiers remove the wreckage of a helicopter covered with it tarpaulin from a compound, where locals reported a firefight took place overnight in Abbotabad, located in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, May 2, 2011. (REUTERS) Pakistani policemen walk past a compound, surrounded in red fabric, where locals reported a firefight took place overnight in Abbotabad, located in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, May 2, 2011. (REUTERS) Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whats App Pin Interest