'No info passed to back Bin Laden death report'

Islamabad, Sep 23: Pakistan has received no information from any foreign government that would corroborate a French newspaper report today that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan, a senior government official said.

''No government has shared any such information with us so far, which is the normal thing to do under such circumstances,'' the official, who has close knowledge of intelligence matters, told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

The daily L'Est Republicain reported that, according to a French secret service report, Saudi Arabia was convinced that bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan in late August.

Reuters

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