Osama bin Laden's compound, known locally as the Waziristan Haveli (; haveli means "mansion" and Waziristan is a region in Pakistan), was an upper-class mansion that was used as a safe house for militant Islamist Osama bin Laden, who was  shot and killed there by U.S. forces on May 2, 2011. The compound was located at the end of a dirt road just 0.8 miles (1.3 km) southwest of the Pakistan Military Academy in Bilal Town, Abbottabad, Pakistan, a suburb housing many retired military officers. Bin Laden was reported to have evaded capture by living in a section of the house for at least five years, having no Internet or phone connection, and hiding away from the public, who were allegedly unaware of his presence.