Bin Laden's wife not killed: US

The wife of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was shot in the leg, but not killed, the White House said this evening, reversing an earlier report that she died being used as a human shield in the shoot-out. Bin Laden's wife had been in the same room as...

The wife of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was shot in the leg, but not killed, the White House said this evening, reversing an earlier report that she died being used as a human shield in the shoot-out.

Bin Laden's wife had been in the same room as her husband, when US commandos raided a Pakistani compound.

She "rushed the US assaulter and was shot in the leg, but not killed," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.

Yesterday, US officials had said the woman had acted as a human shield to protect bin Laden and had been killed in the firefight.

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