Daughter saw bin Laden killed: Pakistani official

ISLAMABAD: A young daughter of Osama bin Laden, now in custody with a Yemeni wife of the Al-Qaeda leader, saw her father shot dead, a Pakistani intelligence official said Wednesday.

The official from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency said up to 12 women and children who survived the US raid on their villa were now in custody.

The child, reported to be 12 years old, “was the one who confirmed to us that Osama was dead and shot and taken away,” said the official.

Four bodies were retrieved from the daring covert attack, including one of bin Laden’s sons, said the official.

Up to three women and nine children, including the young Yemeni woman who was shot in the leg and a daughter of the Saudi-born mastermind, are in detention, he said.

Intelligence officials said the group were being interrogated.

“There are a lot of questions we want to ask them,” another official said.

The Pakistani government said Tuesday that family members of bin Laden were “being looked after” and would be handed over to their countries of origin.