Thousands of items of memorabilia celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden are being sold on the internet.
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| Ffatal attraction: A figurine of Osama stands next to those of Prince William and Kate Middleton at a market in Shanghai yesterday. Pic/AFP |
Thousands of items of memorabilia celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden are being sold on the internet.
Examples include a key ring bearing the face of the al-Qaeda leader, framed in the cross-hairs of a gun, with the words 'Osama Bin Killed'.
There are mugs plastered with Bin Laden's face and the word 'Dead' across it.There is even an item of baby's clothing sporting the sentence: 'I killed Osama'. California-based Zazzle says it has sold "tens of thousands" of these types of products online, for between $15 (R670) and $40 (R1,800), since Sunday.
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It is marketing 10,000 individual items related to the al-Qaeda leader's demise. "This has been the number one trending item on the Zazzle marketplace for the past two days," says Mike Karns, the website's director of marketing. Individuals across the US have been designing images to be emblazoned on caps, car bumper stickers and T-shirts. They then upload them to online stores, which prints and sells them on their behalf.
