Government Says Osama Buried at Sea

According to the Associated Press, Osama bin Laden’s body was buried at sea after the raid in Pakistan:

After bin Laden was killed in a raid by U.S. forces in Pakistan, senior administration officials said the body would be handled according to Islamic practice and tradition. That practice calls for the body to be buried within 24 hours, the official said. Finding a country willing to accept the remains of the world’s most wanted terrorist would have been difficult, the official said. So the U.S. decided to bury him at sea.

This means there will be no independent verification that Osama was actually killed.