Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s military (TNI) is increasing its alertness following the death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan to anticipate possible threats, TNI commander Admiral Agus Suhartono said.

"Certainly we together with the police will step up the alertness to prevent any eventuality," he said here on Monday.

He said TNI still needed support from all community components including the mass media who could report immediately in case they found abnormal things.

"That way we could take anticipatory measures more quickly, correctly and better so that any eventuality could be prevented," he said.

Bin Laden (54), the leader of terrorist network Al Qaeda, was believed to be the mastermind of the tragedy on September 11, 2001 in New York when more than 3,000 people were killed after two planes crashed into the World Trade Center`s Twin Towers.

The news about his death broke on May 1 after ten years of manhunt.

US President Barrack Obama confirmed the report at a press conference on Sunday (May 1) local time.

Obama said a US military unit carried out an operation after intelligence confirmed Bin Laden`s exact whereabouts.

Bin Laden was confirmed dead following the operation and after DNA testing was carried out with results matched with his.

(SYS/H-YH)

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