Bin Laden 'shot at commandos first'

A team of elite American commandos slid down ropes from helicopters into the compound where Osama bin Laden was hiding before shooting the al-Qaida leader in the head after he opened fire on them, US officials revealed.

Bin Laden, who is believed to have ordered the attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001 as well as a number of deadly bombings, was then buried at sea following almost a decade on the run as the most wanted man in the world.