Seals fired ‘magazines-worth of ammunition’ into Bin Laden’s body

New claims suggest photos of Bin Laden’s body were not released because Navy Seals shot an ‘excessive’ number of rounds into him

Osama bin Laden

PHOTOGRAPHS of Osama bin Laden’s dead body were never released by the US government because the Navy Seals team that carried out the operation fired an “excessive” number of bullets into the al-Qaeda leader, a website has claimed.

The official reason, given by the US government, for not releasing photos of Bin Laden’s body or his burial at sea was that they would provide propaganda for al-Qaeda.

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