Who was killed during the military operation "Neptune Spear"?
Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist group Al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, by United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group. The operation, code-named Operation Neptune Spear ended a nearly 10-year search for bin Laden, following his role in the September 11 attacks on the United States.