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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Osama bin Laden's compound, known locally as the Waziristan Haveli (Urdu: وزیرستان حویلی‎; haveli means "mansion" and Waziristan is a region in Pakistan), was an Upper Class Mansion that was used as a safe house in which the militant Islamist Osama bin Laden was hiding when he was killed and a family home for Waziristan family who lived with Osama Bin Laden. The Mansion was located at the end of a dirt road just 0.8 miles (1.3 km) southwest of the Pakistan Military Academy in Bilal Town, Abbottabad, Pakistan, a suburban town housing retired military officers. Bin Laden was reported to have evaded capture by living in a section of house for at least five years,and having no internet or phone connection and hiding away from the public, who were allegedly unaware of his presence.Completed in 2005, the main buildings in the compound lay on a 38,000-square-foot (3,500 m2) plot of land much larger than those of nearby houses. Its perimeter was 12- to 18-foot (3.7 to 5.5 m) concrete walls topped with barbed wire, and there were two security gates. The compound had very few windows. Little more than five years old, the compound's ramshackle buildings were badly in need of repainting. The grounds contained a well-kept vegetable garden, rabbits, some 100 chickens and a cow. The house itself did not stand out architecturally from others in the neighborhood, except for its size and exaggerated security measures; for example, the third-floor balcony had a 7-foot (2.1 m) privacy wall. Photographs inside the house showed excessive clutter and modest furnishings. After the American mission there was extensive interest in and reporting about the compound and its design.After the September 11 attacks in 2001, the US searched for bin Laden for nearly 10 years. By tracking his courier Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti to the compound, US officials surmised that bin Laden was hiding there. During a May 2, 2011 raid, 24 members of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group arrived by helicopter, breached a wall using explosives, and entered the compound in search of bin Laden. Encounters between the SEALs and the residents took place in the guest house, in the main building on the first floor where two adult males lived, and on the second and third floors where bin Laden lived with his family. After the operation was completed and bin Laden was killed, Pakistan demolished the structure in February 2012.In February 2013, Pakistan announced plans to build a R265 million ($30m) amusement park in the area, including the property of the former hideout.. }

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