UK Prime Minister David Cameron has hailed the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as "a great success".
“The news that Osama bin Laden is dead will bring great relief to people across the world,” Mr Cameron said, adding later that it would be welcomed across the UK.
He said it was "a time to remember all those murdered" by Bin Laden, BBC reports.
Bin Laden was top of the U.S. "most wanted" list, and President Obama said his death was "the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al-Qaeda".
Mr Cameron congratulated Mr Obama and others responsible for carrying out the operation.
"Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen – for 9/11 and for so many attacks, which have cost thousands of lives, many of them British," Mr Cameron said. "It is a great success that he has been found and will no longer be able to pursue his campaign of global terror."
Speaking on camera from the prime minister's country residence, Chequers, Mr Cameron said: "Of course, nothing will bring back those loved ones that families have lost to terror. But at least they know the man who was responsible for those appalling acts is no more."
