Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed in a US-led operation involving helicopters and ground forces in Pakistan.

Ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the September 11th attacks - he was found in a million-dollar compound in a town north of the Pakistani capital Islamabad. 

President Obama announced the news in a dramatic televised adress at 4-30 this morning - declaring "Justice has been done".