A US judge has refused to release photographs and videos of the US NavySeals raid that had killed former Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011.

US District Court Judge James Boasberg rejected a lawsuit seeking to force disclosure of images and ruled that courts must defer to the conclusion reached by President Barack Obama and military leaders that releasing them could spur violence against U.S. troops and other Americans traveling abroad. 

"A picture may be worth a thousand words. And perhaps moving pictures bear an even higher value. Yet, in this case, verbal descriptions of the death and burial of Osama Bin Laden will have to suffice, for this court will not order the release of anything more,' The Politico quoted Judge Boasberg, as saying.