Tours of Bin Laden towers and 'souvenirs' already on sale... but will Pakistan death site become a shrine?

Shrine? In Abbottabad residents have been struggling to catch a glimpse inside Bin Laden's lair. As he does not have a final resting place, with such intense interest in the site there are fears it will be used as a shrine by extremists

Young children are peddling ransacked parts of the U.S. helicopter which crashed near Bin Laden's lair during the daring 40 minute raid as souvenirs. The crashed helicopter was burned by Navy Seals after their successful mission - but that hasn't prevented the looting.

The developments come after Pakistanis in towns and cities across the country took to the streets and shed tears for the terrorist who was killed after almost a decade on the run.

The unassuming military town where he was shot, named after James Abbott, the British major who founded the town in 1853, has such a pleasant climate that it is a major hub for tourists visiting the region.

Souvenirs: Youngsters have been selling pieces of the U.S. military helicopter which crashed near Bin Laden's lair in Abbottabad, Pakistan, despite the Navy Seals setting fire to it before they fled the scene

Shrine? People gather round Bin Laden's compound today just days after he was killed inside his unlikely bolt hole 800 yards from a Pakistani military academy

Is this Bin Laden's bike? A resident has decorated a bicycle outside the terrorist's compound with flowers after he was shot. Right, part of the damaged U.S. helicopter

But after Bin Laden was found lurking behind ten foot walls in a secret lair, there are fears that thousands of Al Qaeda sympathisers could flock to the spot where he was shot.

Locals were today struggling to catch a glimpse over the walls and inside the three-storey property where the terrorist holed himself up. His family was with him and a parade of couriers would bring him everything he needed from the city outside of more than a million people.

The walls were so high that even U.S. special forces had for months been unable to work out for certain that the terrorist was living behind them.

Bin Laden did not have any phone lines or an internet connection in the property - and the residents burned their rubbish rather than leaving it out for collection. The fortified property - eight times bigger than those around it - is believed to have been built five years ago.

Fascination: Dozens of people - including the media - stand on top of a building, left, trying to look inside Bin Laden's compound, right

Gutted: A wrecked wardrobe inside the property where Bin Laden was living, left. Right, a bed is shown inside the terrorist's property