The killing of Osama Bin Laden by US special forces in Pakistan has raised a number of questions - and not all of them have clear answers.
How was Bin Laden tracked down?
The hunt for America's most-wanted man was conducted over many years. Bin Laden was found through one of his personal couriers. Following investigations by the CIA and other US intelligence agencies, the courier was identified in 2007.
In mid-2010 he was tracked down to a large compound in Abbottabad, home to Pakistan's leading military academy, north-east of the capital Islamabad.
In February 2011 it was determined that there was "sound intelligence" that Bin Laden was living in Abbottabad with several family members.
Why are there different accounts of Bin Laden's death?
The operation was carried out by members of the US Navy Seals flown by helicopter from neighbouring Afghanistan, who fought their way into the compound.
The US has offered differing accounts of the killing of Bin Laden. Originally, officials said the al-Qaeda chief had "participated" in a firefight when he was shot dead.
On Tuesday, the White House corrected this, saying Bin Laden was unarmed. But it still insisted that he was resisting capture - although it is unclear exactly how he did so.
The latest account reported by the New York Times and the Associated Press cites US officials as saying that just one person in the compound was armed and fired a shot.
The president's spokesman suggested the initial confusion was the result of trying to provide a great deal of information in haste. But the shifting narrative will encourage those who doubt the official version of events.
How much scepticism is there?
Conspiracy theories began to circulate within minutes of the death being announced.
Blogs, forum and web pages - including a Facebook group entitled "Osama Bin Laden not dead" - are rife with suggestions that the US government faked the raid.
Correspondents say that many people in Pakistan doubt that he has been killed. And in a debate run by the BBC's Asian Network on Monday, some British Muslims also expressed scepticism.
"No body?," questioned one contributor. "I don't believe the Americans due to lack of evidence."
President Obama said: "There are going to be some folks who deny it. The fact of the matter is, you won't see Bin Laden walking on this Earth again."
I believe that the death of Osama Bin Laden has been marketing move by the U.S. because Obama's popularity was low, then, suddenly bin Laden died! Very convenient for Obama's popularity.
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By: Stéfany
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