Washington, May 06: Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was “scared” and “completely confused” in his final moments, sources involved in last Sunday’s Navy Seals operation have revealed.
He was actually “shoving his wife” in the direction of a Navy Seal who ultimately shot him.
The information helps clarify the conflicting details about what exactly happened during the 40-minute raid in Abbottabad.
Fox News quoted the sources as saying that bin Laden acted in a “cowardly manner” when confronted.
Bin Laden was unarmed, but was standing near the door within reach of two weapons an AK-47 and a Makarov handgun that are now in U.S. custody.
The handgun is a 9mm semi-automatic Russian pistol, standard issue in the Russian military until 1991.
A senior U.S. official also told Fox News that only one of the five people killed in the raid was carrying a weapon and firing.
The overall scene was described as chaotic, with U.S. forces encountering barricades and women in the compound screaming and attacking the men.
Another U.S. official said there were “at least a half-dozen weapons” found at the compound.
—-AGencies