Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Green Day Tweet About Osama Bin Laden's Death

Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Green Day are amongst the stars who have expressed their views over the death of Osama bin Laden on Twitter.

Bin laden, the al-Qaeda founder, was killed in Pakistan by US troops last earlier today (May 2).

His death has caused mixed reaction across the world.

Katy Perry expressed her thoughts over Twitter: “I believe in justice... but don't u think that an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind?”

Green Day frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong said: ‘’Do not turn the man into a martyr. This is a global victory.”

Lady Gaga added: "Just landed. Watching CNN, what a historical moment in the fight against hatred."

Frank Turner tweeted the American author, Mark Twain: "I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."

Meanwhile, Green Day played a surprise gig as the curtain came down on the Broadway production of American Idiot last weekend.

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