Where bin Laden died

Abbottabad, the Pakistani city where Osama bin Laden was reportedly killed by U.S. forces Sunday, is also where another key al-Qaedamember was captured earlier this year.

Indonesian militant Umar Patek, 40,was arrested there on Jan. 25, although that was not reported until the end of March. Patek, who trained with al-Qaeda before 9/11, is wanted in Indonesia for his role in a series of bombings at nightclubs in Baliin 2002 that killed 202 people.

Patek is also suspected of involvement in at least two other suicide bombings in Jakarta in 2003 and 2009.

Patek'sarrest was considered one of the biggest terror arrestsof Barack Obama's presidency. Patek was nicknamed "little Arab" because of his slight build.

When he was caught, Patek was in Abbottabad, about 150 kilometres north of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, en route to the nearby region of North Waziristan. North Waziristan is where al-Qaeda's top command is believed to be based. The U.S. government had offered a $1 million US bounty for the arrest of Patek.

Abbottabad is a two-hour drive from Islamabad and less than a day's drive from Afghanistan. It is on the Silk Road, the ancient trade route between China and south Asia.

The city is known as a tourist destination and as an important military town. Barracks now housing Pakistani troops once housed British troops when it was the capital of the Hazara District of British India, beginning in the 19th century. The city is named after James Abbott, the British major who founded Abbottabad in 1853.He also wrote the poemAbbottabad.

Abbottabad was badly damaged in 2005 by an earthquake centred in nearby Kashmir.

Patek's capture followed the arrest of a man police allege was an al-Qaeda facilitator in Abbottabad. Tahir Shehzad, who had been working as a postal clerk in the city, had been under surveillance since last year. Intelligence officials learned about Patek's whereabouts from Shehzad.

Hours before news of bin Laden's death began to leak out, there were reports coming out of Abbottabad about explosions and a helicopter crash.Gunfire, two small blasts and then a massive explosion were heard, according to media reports.