US President Barack Obama is to visit Ground Zero, the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York, later on Thursday, four days after US forces killed al-Qaeda head Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.
Bin Laden was believed to be the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and many others.
Mr Obama will lay a wreath in memory of the victims and speak to relatives.
The visit comes a day after the US leader said graphic photographs of Bin Laden's body would not be made public.
The al-Qaeda leader was killed by US special forces in northern Pakistan on Monday. His body was then buried at sea from a US aircraft carrier.
The Pakistani military on Thursday admitted "shortcomings" for failing to locate Bin Laden and has said it will launch an investigation.
But it also warned it would review co-operation with the US if there were any more unilateral raids such as the one that killed Bin Laden.
Moment of reflectionIn New York Mr Obama will meet the families of those who died when the World Trade Center collapsed and those who tried to save them. [Read More]
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