'I pulled the trigger twice. Bin Laden’s head split open': Soldier describes dramatic night he killed al-Qaeda chief

Ex-Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill shot dead al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden Photo: Mirror

The hunt for Osama bin Laden took almost a decade and cost hundreds of millions of pounds.

When the architect of the horror of 9/11 was finally tracked down to a ­high-security compound in Pakistan in May 2011, a team of elite US Navy Seals was sent in to action.