Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s six children and two wives have been arrested in Pakistan, a media report said.

Osama bin Laden was killed Monday in a security operation in Pakistan’s Abbotabad city, less than 100 km from the Pakistan capital.

Sources said Osama’s six children, two wives and four close friends were arrested during a search operation launched early Monday morning by the Pakistani forces in a mountainous area located some 60 km north of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, Xinhua qouted Dunya TV as saying.