Updates: News and reactions on the death of Osama bin Laden

Rescuers work to help survivors amid the devastation brought in by a bomb explosion in Al-Qaeda’s first major international attack near the US embassy and a bank in Nairobi ON August 7, 1998 that killed about 200 people and left more than 1,000 injured. Kenya's President Kibaki has said the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan is an "act of justice" for the victims of the 1998 bombing at the US embassy in Kenya, AFP PHOTO / FILES

Kenya's President Kibaki said the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan is an "act of justice" for the victims of the 1998 bombing at the US embassy in Kenya,

"On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Kenya I commend all those people behind the successful tracking down and killing of Osama bin Laden," the President said on Monday in a statement to the Press.

"The killing of Osama has taken place nearly thirteen years after the terrorist bombings in Nairobi that led to the death of over two hundred people, in an act believed to have been masterminded by Osama.

Earlier, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the killing was a major achievement and justice too for Kenyan victims.

He said it was major achievement of the war on terror. "We welcome this," he noted.

Follow news updates and reactions on the death of Osama bin Laden:

1500 EAT: Ismail Haniya, the head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, condemned the killing of the Al-Qaeda leader, AFP reports.

13:20 EAT: Kenyan security forces to "remain vigilant" in Nairobi and Mombasa, the country's two main cities, and along the border with neighbouring Somalia after Osama Bin Laden's killing, says military spokesman Bogita Ongeri.

1130 EAT: The United States tracked courier to find Bin Laden's hideout, reports AFP

1100 EAT : Kenya's President Kibaki says the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan is an "act of justice" for the victims of the 1998 bombing at the US embassy in Kenya,

1045 EAT: Kenya government spokesman Alfred Mutua says death of Osama Bin Laden "a defining moment in the fight against terrorism."

"As a country and a region, we are realistic that terrorism is an ideology that will not end overnight due to Osama Bin Laden's death but hope that his death will be the beginning of the end of terrorism. As a country, we have to remain diligent and work with our partners to fight this international crime."
1040 EAT: US media reporting Osama bin Laden buried at sea, according to Islamic customs.

1035 EAT: Interpol warns of 'heightened terror risk over Bin Laden's death

1034 EAT: The United States did not notify Pakistani allies about its operation against Osama bin Laden, reports AFP, quoting a senior US administration official

1004 EAT: The online world revels on the news of Osama bin Laden's death

0944 EAT: See images of reaction to Bin Laden's death. IN PICTURES: Bin Laden killed

0940 EAT: Bin Laden's death should mark the end of US military operation in Pakistan, BBC reports a prominent Pakistani politician Imran Khan as saying.

0927 EAT: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle says Bin Laden killing "good news for all men in the world who think freely and are peaceful." His Italian counterpart says it is 'victory of good over evil'

France: Osama's death is 'victory for all democracies'

0907 EAT: The death of Osama bin Laden is a significant victory for US President Barack Obama, whose foreign policy credentials have been persistently criticised. "There was little question that his presidency had forever been changed by snaring Bin Laden" - New York Times.

0900EAT Al Qaeda's number 2 Ayman al-Zawahri most likely to succeed bin Laden, according to a Reuters news report. "Zawahri has been the brains behind bin Laden and his al Qaeda network, and at times its most public face, repeatedly denouncing the United States and its allies in video messages."

0850 EAT Pakistani television stations broadcasted what they described as unconfirmed images of Osama bin Laden's bloodied face after the United States said he had been killed, AFP reports.

0840 EAT: Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga says killing of Osama bin Laden is a major achievement and justice too for Kenyans killed in 1998 embassy bombings. RAILA BBC INTERVIEW at 8.40am The PM says Kenya has been a victim of Osama's terror

"We welcome this. It is a major achievement of the war on terror. "Our tourism industry was badly affected"

0830 EAT: Leaders around the welcome the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan by US forces. Former US president George W Bush says Bin Laden's death is "victory for America."

Israeli PM congratulated the United States on "a victory for justice."

New Zealand Prime Minister: The world was a safer place without Osama bin Laden and his death brought justice to families of those killed in attacks he masterminded.

0811EAT: From AFP - Joyous crowds descended on the White House and spontaneously erupted with chants of "USA, USA," as news of Osama bin Laden's death was welcomed by ordinary Americans.

Some brandishing US national flag, they punched the air and sang The Star Spangled Banner, even before the announcement of his death by President Barack Obama in a hurriedly-organized address to the nation.