Late Sunday night, President Barack Obama announced the capture and death of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind and leader of the al-Qaida terrorist organization responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on American soil.

In a brief 10-minute speech, Obama said a small group of U.S. troops carried out a mission to find and capture bin Laden within Pakistan.

By order of the president in a raid by U.S. Special Forces, bin Laden was killed in a firefight in Pakistan. His body was captured and is in U.S. custody. No Americans were harmed in the process.

“Shortly after taking office, I directed … the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority …” Obama said during his speech.

“Last August, after years of painstaking work by our intelligence committee, I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden. It took months to run.

“Last week, I determined we had enough intelligence to take action and authorized an operation and get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice. At my direction, the U.S. launched a targeted operation … No Americans were harmed … After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden.”

A full report will follow in Tuesday’s Tribune. Stay tuned for further updates.